Scott Turow

I'm of that generation of Jews still deeply influenced by the Holocaust. Certainly the notion that the state power to kill can…

— Scott Turow

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

Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain…

— Scott Turow

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…

— Scott Turow

My sister was a twin, and the other baby died in childbirth, and I was three at the time, and I always…

— Scott Turow

After a week, it's better. I miss her. I mourn her. But some peace has returned. She had been so unattainable -…

— Scott Turow

There are lots of things about Amazon for which they deserve credit. They're innovative. There are lots of very, very happy Amazon…

— Scott Turow

Postmodernism cost literature its audience.

— Scott Turow

Libraries function as crucial technology hubs, not merely for free Web access, but for those who need computer training and assistance. Library…

— Scott Turow

That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment.

— Scott Turow

I hate second-guessing other lawyers because I know that I've tried and lost cases, and somebody could sit there and say, 'Should…

— Scott Turow

The issue is not whether there are horrible cases where the penalty seems "right". The real question is whether we will ever…

— Scott Turow

“It was crime at its purest, in which empathy, that most fundamental aspect of human morality, evaporated and another being became only…

— Scott Turow

“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

'Presumed Innocent' was written over a six to seven year period with intervals in between where I was figuring out the end…

— Scott Turow

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

“I was willing to do it. was determined to do it. By the end of the day, that had become my reaction…

— Scott Turow

“Wanna dance?" she asked. "I think they're playing our song." "Oh yeah? What's that?" "The hokey-pokey." "No shit." "Sure," she said, "don't…

— Scott Turow

If the rewards to authors go down, simple economics says there will be fewer authors. It's not that people won't burn with…

— Scott Turow

The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.

— Scott Turow

“Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on in spite of it.”

— Scott Turow

“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

The great break of my literary career was going to law school.

— Scott Turow

You know, my mom, who inspired me to be a novelist, I remember her reading 'The Agony and the Ecstasy,' about Michelangelo,…

— Scott Turow

Americans have grown a great deal more realistic about lawyers and the law. I think that's all for the good. A lot…

— Scott Turow