Writer Quotes by Lisa Scottoline

11 Writer quotes by Lisa Scottoline

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Scottoline’s courtroom dramas are built on tight pacing, and her reflections on writing echo that precision. These eleven quotes give a quick feel for her advice on structure, dialogue, and keeping readers hooked.

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You don't have to be dead to write a classic, and you don't have to be literary to be smart.

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“That’s what books do, isn’t it? That’s why I love to read. They bring us closer to ourselves.”

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Do you know what they call people who hoard books? Smart.

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I love my job, and I love books. I read anything, including cereal boxes. I care deeply about what people think of…

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But the fact is, I'm not work-identified. I'm not a lawyer or a writer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman, and…

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Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has…

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Truly I never thought of myself as writing legal thrillers, and I still don't think I do. I write stories about women.

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The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I…

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I love writing both fiction and memoir. Both have unique challenges; bottom line, fiction is hard because you have to come up…

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I get up around 8 o'clock, which gives me enough time to walk dogs and feed chickens and horses. Then I get…

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Alafair Burke's first standalone is a must read! You'll lose yourself in this riveting story of Alice Humphrey, a woman whose nightmare…

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“Justice didn’t compensate for the loss of human life. Justice was an intellectual concept, inevitably trumped by emotion. Justice was the word we used…

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