I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.

My intent was to carry out my duty as a doctor, to end their suffering. Unfortunately, that entailed, in their cases, ending of the life.

I don't crave publicity, you know.

When you have nothing left to burn, you must set yourself on fire.

It's the boredom that kills you. You read until you're tired of that. You do crossword puzzles until you're tired of that. This is torture. This is mental torture.

Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.

I will go to what they call a court. Only they call it a court.