My mom loved the book [My beloved world] and she said to me, 'I never knew you had done so much.'

If the system is broken, my inclination is to fix it rather than to fight it. I have faith in the process of the law, and if it is carried out fairly, I can live with the results, whatever they may be.

[On the desert:] The wind was a constant, and when you paid attention, it seemed like the earth's own breathing.

An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke - although my mother has become completely bilingual since. All these things intrude on what most people think of as happiness.

If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what’s important to them.

All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.

Some people choose not to engage the battle and then don't seek out that kind of success. And others do.