My diabetes is such a central part of my life... it did teach me discipline... it also taught me about moderation... I've trained myself to be super-vigilant... because I feel better when I am in control.

The idea of a commonwealth relationship is alien to most people but I think that's true generally.

I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out.

That's why we have appellate judges that are more than one judge because each of us, from our life experiences, will more easily see different perspectives argued by parties. But judges do consider all of the arguments of litigants. I have. Most of my opinions, if not all of them, explain to parties by the law requires what it does.

The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law.

I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.

Much of the uncertainty of law is not an unfortunate accident: it is of immense social value.