No responsible scholar who thinks a sitting president cannot be indicted also thinks an attorney general can try to truncate a process of oversight - by Congress, for example - by 'pre-clearing' the president in advance.

The joy of great fiction is that it transports the reader to another world, where new characters live in otherwise unimaginable ways. It is one of the most powerful ways of generating empathy that I know.

President Clinton invoked executive power a bunch of times... I think once he started doing that, the courts really pushed back on him. He couldn't use it for things that actually had a better basis. He used it for things that were personal, like the Lewinsky investigation, trying to block his aides from testifying.

My parents wanted to keep me away from girls, so they sent me to a Catholic boy's school, the Loyola Academy in Chicago.

When I was at the Justice Department, there were these people who I called legal Houdinis, who - they would find any law; they would find a loophole and a way around it and often very tendentious and not true, and, you know, these are people who didn't respect the rule of law. But, you know, those people were there.

Presidents routinely testify in criminal cases. You know, George W. Bush did it with Valerie Plame. Bill Clinton did it three times with Ken Starr. Gerald Ford did it with respect to a testimony about a Charles Manson follower. And Ronald Reagan, I think, is perhaps the most important precedent.

The Supreme Court is very capable of acting quickly when it needs to.

Merrick Garland was the most qualified nominee, not just in our lifetimes but perhaps in the history of the United States Supreme Court. The chief judge of the D.C. Circuit for 20 years, the nation's second-highest court. Never once been overruled by the Court in his 20 years. He was extraordinary.

In general, presidents do sit for interviews or respond to requests from prosecutors because they take their constitutional responsibility to faithfully execute the laws seriously, and running away from a prosecutor isn't consistent with faithfully executing the laws.

I don't think that the Supreme Court really takes cases with kind of a theme in mind. They get about 10,000 requests a year, and what are called 'petitions for certiorari,' which are essentially 30 page documents which say, 'Hey, Court, hear my case.' And they don't take very many of them.

I have no doubt that if confirmed, Judge Gorsuch would help to restore confidence in the rule of law. His years on the bench reveal a commitment to judicial independence - a record that should give the American people confidence that he will not compromise principle to favor the president who appointed him.

People tend to take more risks in groups than alone. For these reasons, the law has always treated conspiracy harshly.

There is no doubt that dissents can serve a useful role by explaining when a justice thinks the majority has gone off the deep end. But unanimity also sends its own powerful message - one that might be eclipsed in the headlines by a sensational dissent but could ultimately have a greater impact.

Many programs are built on the government's spending power, and the existence of an extraconstitutional limit on that power is a worrisome development.

Loneliness is always there, it's a phase that comes and goes and it is a very difficult phase.

I've evolved with time and learnt from my daughter which designers and singers are in.

As women, we always crave for family and a loving partner and in our quest to find that happy space we overlook a lot of things.

I am by and large an honest person, I have nothing to hide.

It takes effort to not be lonely.

In PhD, my topic was Stage Techniques in Sanskrit Drama - theory and practice. I wanted to combine my drama training with Sanskrit drama, which has a very rich history in literature.

I'm a very shy person and find it difficult to ask for work even if I know somebody for ages.

Who ever lives life on their own terms?

I lost my mother to cancer, so once Masaba was born, my father moved from Old Delhi to live with me in Mumbai.

My profession is to change myself according to my role and I work hard on it.

I didn't want to get married to somebody just because I was ageing and wanted a child.

I didn't do anything with the thought that I want to go against society or bend any rules.

I've realised that nothing that happens is so grim that life can't go on. Life always goes on, no matter what. Even in the grimmest situation, I see hope.

The more trauma and bad experiences you have, the more you are able to laugh on yourself and the situation.

I used to not get work even on TV, but wherever I went, they'd treat me with respect but never offer work.

I'm was a very shy person, a very shy person and couldn't go to people in my college. We used to do plays, and I would never get the main female role. I would always get a boys' role because it was a girls college and I was a little taller than other girls.

I used to tell myself that I am a good actor, I have a good body, I have a pretty face, have long hair, have a good soul, so if there is one thing I don't have, don't make a big issue of it.

If you do one big commercial film and it's a hit, everybody takes you for that particular kind of a role.

I simply love doing household chores and cooking.

It is close to impossible to find a man who can bear with a woman, who is a notch above or equal to him. Such men are still not there in this world. It is like we will always be facing trouble in our lives.

You can't take me for granted!

My mother was a Gandhian and very strict.

I won't get a role if I say I want to do that. It depends on how saleable you're at that time.

I want to try something on situational comedy.

My mother was very interested for me to become an IAS officer.

Every child needs both parents.

I know people who've had dreams unrealised due to circumstances.

My upbringing saved me.

Everything is destined, I believe... People you meet and end up marrying.

I watch lots of American shows like 'Desperate Housewives' and so on.

I have found ways to kill this ever-present feeling of loneliness. I try a new dish and experiment with food, I'll clean my cupboard, do the little things in the house, and I keep myself busy. I find things to do.

I am very much aware that I am considered a 'strong woman.' And I am also aware that that is only because I had a child outside wedlock.

I take audience reaction very seriously.

I made a few mistakes in the beginning of my career. I didn't have anybody to guide me. I didn't have a secretary. I didn't call up directors, or meet people asking for roles.

The media had built my perception of being a strong woman because of my personal life. I wanted to play the damsel in distress, but I wasn't given an opportunity to explore that kind of a character.

I think everyone is lonely whether you are in a good marriage or a bad marriage somewhere down the line you become lonely, and to get rid of that loneliness you have to try really hard.