All Scott Turow Quotes
- 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
- After a week, it's better. I miss her. I mourn her. But some peace has returned. She had been so unattainable - so young, so… Been
- Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on with dignity in spite of it. Ability
- I grew up on the north side of Chicago, in West Rogers Park, an overwhelmingly Jewish neighborhood. When I was 13, my parents moved to… Blacks
- I am a big believer in the fact that all authors really write only one book. All
- I always say, and I mean it, that the great break of my literary career was when I went to law school. Always Say
- Being a lawyer, even in a city as large as Chicago, is like being a citizen of a small town. I love watching the life… Chicago
- I really believe that the movie will never be as good as the book, both because the book goes on longer - a movie is… Abridgment
- I practise law almost every day. Exclusively criminal work these days. Almost Every
- Los Angeles for many years had operated with a police department that was far smaller than other police departments had in areas of comparable or… Angeles
- The American preoccupation with the law, which is certainly not past, was at its zenith in 1995. The 1980s, the late 1980s, had sort of… American
- I adore the company of other writers because they are so often lively minds and, frequently, blazingly funny. And of course, we get each other… Adore
- I read little nonfiction, but I have no boundaries about the fiction I relish. The only unfailing criterion is that I can hitch my heart… Boundaries
- The truth of the matter is that the people who succeed in the arts most often are the people who get up again after getting… Arts
- I write based on powerful inner impulses, and those seem to shift over time. Based
- Now, many public libraries want to lend e-books, not simply to patrons who come in to download, but to anybody with a reading device, a… Anybody