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The ability to have a choice in what you do is a privilege.

Well, there is an attorney-client privilege here that needs to be respected, and it's a privilege that has been found to be worthy of protection by our courts.

I had been active in various bar associations ever since I was a law student, and I think that also helped because it made me more of a known quantity.

Privilege is provisional. It can be denied, withheld, offered grudgingly, and summarily withdrawn.

The bar is set pretty low if you want to be a hip, accessible conservative.

Being a role model is a privilege.

Being able to still make records is a privilege. I don't take it casually.

So the actual privilege is that you can then take time off - and if you don't, you're a fool. You're earning all this money to support children whom you then don't see, which is absurd.

We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other.

There is no privilege in restriction. In other words, I disagree with people who say restriction makes you more creative. I think that's a misleading slogan. I might have been more creative without them than with them.