My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.

When I call myself an affirmative action baby, I'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started.

I think being a Catholic made me a better person. It taught me how to choose good over evil, and how to be a more caring human being.

There's a great variety of people in Washington, but I think because of the great concentration of people in New York, that variety is more visible. You walk the streets and there are people of every color, shape and size, ethnic background, religion, it doesn't matter. It's always present.

It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different. Now I understand that I've gotten to enjoy things that others have not, whether it's the laughter, the poetry of my Spanish language - I love Spanish poetry, because my grandmother loved it - our food, our music. Everything about my culture has given me enormous education and joy.

I'm young at heart. I'm young in spirit, and I'm still adventurous.

I savor life. When you have anything that threatens life... it prods you into stepping back and really appreciating the value of life and taking from it what you can.