“Life, of course, is full of people you discover you like a lot and then never see again.” — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, ther would be no need for fiction. — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Life is simply experience; for reasons not readily discerned, we attempt to go on. — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, there would be no need for fiction. — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I was one of those kids who never wanted to be anything but a novelist. And I don't know a lot of… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
“You accept that it happened. But you know that life burned this hole in your heart and it's not going to heal.” — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
“This is life. You know the philosphers? The Present never stops. There's only the Present. You cheat life if you live in… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
“The joke was thinking you were ever really in charge of your life. You pressed your oar down into the water to… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I cannot think of a day in my life when the library didn’t exert a potent attraction for me, offering a sense… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I trained as a writer before I became a lawyer. I was headed for a life as an English professor, but that… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I never really felt free to talk a lot about my family life because I don't want to sacrifice anybody else's privacy.… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Being a lawyer, even in a city as large as Chicago, is like being a citizen of a small town. I love… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
All my life, I've wanted to write a book inspired by my relationship with my grandfather. Basically, my grandfather was a guy… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
“The years roll on and life seems like this more and more, that choices don't really exit in the way I thought… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
“The law, for all its failings, has a noble goal - to make the little bit of life that people can actually… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
'Presumed Innocent' was written over a six to seven year period with intervals in between where I was figuring out the end… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I'm of that generation of Jews still deeply influenced by the Holocaust. Certainly the notion that the state power to kill can be subject… — Scott Turow Copy Share
I cannot think of a day in my life when the library didn’t exert a potent attraction for me, offering a sense of the… — Scott Turow Copy Share
Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed… — Scott Turow Copy Share
I'm an ambitious person, and Harvard makes me feel successful, just having gotten in here. That's the ugly side of why I'm proud of… — Scott Turow Copy Share
My sister was a twin, and the other baby died in childbirth, and I was three at the time, and I always kind of… — Scott Turow Copy Share
After a week, it's better. I miss her. I mourn her. But some peace has returned. She had been so unattainable - so young,… — Scott Turow Copy Share
There are lots of things about Amazon for which they deserve credit. They're innovative. There are lots of very, very happy Amazon customers. I'm… — Scott Turow Copy Share
Libraries function as crucial technology hubs, not merely for free Web access, but for those who need computer training and assistance. Library business centers… — Scott Turow Copy Share
That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment. — Scott Turow Copy Share
I hate second-guessing other lawyers because I know that I've tried and lost cases, and somebody could sit there and say, 'Should have done… — Scott Turow Copy Share
The issue is not whether there are horrible cases where the penalty seems "right". The real question is whether we will ever design a… — Scott Turow Copy Share
“It was crime at its purest, in which empathy, that most fundamental aspect of human morality, evaporated and another being became only a target… — Scott Turow Copy Share
“You accept that it happened. But you know that life burned this hole in your heart and it's not going to heal.” — Scott Turow Copy Share
'Presumed Innocent' was written over a six to seven year period with intervals in between where I was figuring out the end of the… — Scott Turow Copy Share
