All Scott Turow Quotes
- On the streets, unrequited love and death go together almost as often as in Shakespeare. Death
- That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment. Capital
- If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, ther would be no need for fiction. Fiction
- Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and believe? Believe
- I tend to write in the mornings. Inspirational
- The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity. Ambiguity
- The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author. Author
- The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that… Asserting
- The Guild is the authoritative voice of American writers. American
- 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 specialness… Attraction
- Poison Pill is a great reading. The novel ranges from Russian oligarchs to the American worlds of drug research and the equity markets, all of… All
- If the rewards to authors go down, simple economics says there will be fewer authors. It's not that people won't burn with the passion to… Able
- The issue is not whether there are horrible cases where the penalty seems "right". The real question is whether we will ever design a capital… Answer
- As a defense lawyer, he refused to condemn his clients. Everyone else in the system-the cops, the prosecutors, the juries and judges-would take care of… Care
- Life is simply experience; for reasons not readily discerned, we attempt to go on. Attempt
- Libraries function as crucial technology hubs, not merely for free Web access, but for those who need computer training and assistance. Library business centers help… Access
- I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning. American
- The overwhelmingly successful trial book of my early adolescence had been To Kill A Mocking Bird. Adolescence
- All my novels are about the ambiguities that lie beneath the sharp edges of the law. All
- The great break of my literary career was going to law school. Break
- 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 citizenry. Access
- People talk of me as being the inventor of the legal thriller. Inspirational
- What kills a person at twenty-five? Leukemia. An accident. But George knows the better odds are that someone who passes at that age dies of… Accident
- I am a law student in my first year at the law, and there are many moments when I am simply a mess. First Year
- Nobody ever gets what they want when it comes to love. Disappointment