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My work is a self-portrait of my mind, a prism of my convictions.

I think that as I continue to write, my writing I hope will become more controversial and more provocative.

If there's criticism of my work that's legitimate. I'm ready to hear of it.

I think there is something so compelling about the truth that whether you're a lawyer or judge or an actor, when you get at that truth, it connects with people on a particular level that I think makes your art more viable.

For the Supreme Court, the right for everyone to say 'I do' is where the story ends, but for artists, it's where the story just starts to get interesting.

I think respectful conflict is intrinsic to the spirit of literature. It reminds us that literary history is living and evolving and thrives on us being active participants.

I think you don't do work for controversy alone, and whenever you do new work which people don't understand and they say it is done to create controversy.

The work is challenging, interesting and an important part of our legal system.

It's not simply to say, 'My colleagues are wrong, and I would do it this way,' but the greatest dissents do become court opinions.

I do have my own personal convictions and values, and I live by those. But as an artist, as a portrait photographer, my job is to tell the truth and to capture someone's spirit on a certain day. And it's never the whole truth; it's the truth I experience in a very intense and intimate fashion.