Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called me one day.

One regret I have is that I did not learn more about what was happening very early, so that I could have tried to stop people from engaging in illegal activities.

It was frightening because it was the first time I had gotten a sense of how serious the problem was. It became clear from his notes that he felt the president himself was involved.

Morgan, Lewis is a very large firm now, but it was not quite as big then. It was exciting for an associate in those days, because you got good and varied assignments and terrific training.

But look, you did not have to be well versed in politics to know that some stupid things were going on. It is the counsel's job to stop them, and instead the coverup was created.

Oh. Sure. It makes perfect sense. Zane is a wolf because his father is an eagle.

The tiniest mite has an inner life of which we can know nothing.

I don't think it matters how many parents you've got, so long as the ones who are around make their presence in a long way.

I am who I am and that's it!

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

To me, there is no greater way to achieve clarity than to run alone, or share miles with a trusted friend.

When I was a boy I remember the women, how they dressed, how they behaved, what was important to them at the time. Like Lee Marvin and Gloria Grahame in The Big Heat.

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.

Im an expert on surfing the channels, so Im always able to find something strange. Or I watch C-Span. I can watch a conference on oceanography, or whatever, for hours.

Leftists don't leave it at winning at the ballot box. If they lose at the ballot box, they force themselves on the country or society elsewhere.