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When you're a litigator, you write so much, so many briefs, over and over again, that you're kind of really focused on one document and have draft after draft, and really pay attention to every single word.

I came up professionally as a lawyer, and when you're a lawyer, writing a 50-page brief in one night is just another day at the office. You learn to make choices really quickly, and you learn how to get thoughts down very quickly.

I read what I write over and over and make corrections and improvements, until I reach the conclusion that the material deserves to stand on its own.

I try to understand the rules and follow them. And I try to make sure that I'm disclosing my obligations.

In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.

Often I sort of work up and down the manuscript. I sometimes used to go ahead of myself to see what was going to happen next, to make certain it fits what was going to be happening soon.

I outline and outline and outline, and then I'm very specific about the stuff I write. That's my process.

I carefully evaluated every single document I disclosed to ensure that each was legitimately in the public interest. There are all sorts of documents that would have made a big impact that I didn't turn over, because harming people isn't my goal. Transparency is.

Discipline is part of my professional training as a lawyer.

When I first took the bench, I was assigned to handle a calendar of criminal cases. It was an enormous docket. I tried in each case to make sure that the litigants not only in fact received, but also felt that they had received, a full and fair opportunity to be heard.