I tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution.

I loved my husband very much, and it was heartbreaking to have him develop Alzheimer's disease, and to stand by and watch him decline in his ability to take care of himself.

It is true that as you have children, there are a good many months when you don't want to be working full-time. I agree that that's an issue.

I think most people didn't want to do court duty.

We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.

My sense is that jurists from other nations around the world understand that our court occupies a very special place in the American system, and that the court is rather well regarded in comparison, perhaps, to their own.

So how as a nation can we sit around and eat Mexican food, and drink beer and make friends? That's the question. If we can do that on a broader scale, I think we'll come out of it all right.