As an independent person, I find it difficult being dependent for everything, for even my food and medicine, to the prison authorities. I have had to fight through the courts for everything, including even physiotherapy, which is my right under the jail manual.

The problem of overwhelming caseloads in many courts is in dire need of improvement.

The foolish and cruel notion that a wife is to obey her husband has sent more women to the grave than to the courts for a divorce.

Say what you will about Queen Eleanor, she was a savvy, quick-witted woman who made her mark on history. And as the founder of the Courts of Love, what better patron monarch could there be for a romantic novelist?

We have to trust the courts to work it out in a fair and equitable way.

You see what we have to be cognizant of? ... The officer has a split second, but the courts can look at it for months on end.

It's been a tough seven days for him, but it was one (week) that made a good impression on him and it tells him now that the love is over, he has to go on with his life. I think the courts have his attention, and we're happy with the disposition because it will keep his record clean, if he stays away from her.

I think it'll be nice because we get the courts all to ourselves. It's our show.

In the '80s, the water would seep up through the cracks when it warmed up and the courts would be slick. Plus, they sloped the courts from the east to the west instead of putting a slight grade on each side so that it would slop either direction. That didn't help with the drainage.

At this point, there's nothing that can be done to these courts - nothing. Some places have tried to put six inches of blacktop down over the whole surface. You can do that, but every single crack will eventually come back.