“I thought 'Heller' was a very bad decision.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

There are some women I definitely would not want to succeed me... but a man like David Souter, that would be great.

I always ask my law clerks, in addition to reading all the briefs, including all the amici briefs, that if there's a good law review article, they should bring it to me.

The court generally moves in small steps rather than in one giant step.

Marty was an extraordinary person. Of all the boys I had dated, he was the only one who really cared that I had a brain. And he was always - well, making me feel that I was better than I thought I was.