Scott Turow
Scott Turow
Scott Frederick Turowis an American author and lawyer. Turow has written nine fiction and two nonfiction books, which have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. Films have been based on several of his books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 April 1949
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
anybody bothered fully herself novelist wrote
I don't know if a novelist ever fully detaches him- or herself from what they wrote and the way they wrote it. I can watch 'Presumed Innocent' again and again, and I will always be bothered by the same things that will never bother anybody else.
authors given good
Amazon can't be all good or all bad. I don't think that everything they do is evil; they've given a lot of authors access.
deal good great grown happens lawyers legal looking people perspective realistic
Americans have grown a great deal more realistic about lawyers and the law. I think that's all for the good. A lot of people will say to you these days, 'If you are looking for justice, don't go to a courtroom.' That's just a more realistic perspective on what happens in the legal process.
films four realize separate work
I think one of the blessings that I've had in watching, you know, films be made now from four of my books is to realize that it's a separate thing. It's a separate work.
durable
Yes, that's a pretty durable Turow theme. Everyone has two sides.
dilemmas position
Those kind of dilemmas are commonplace when you're a prosecutor. You're always in that position with the flipper witnesses.
guarantees-that democracy pillars
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.
goes-on life-is reason
Life is simply experience; for reasons not readily discerned, we attempt to go on.
voice guilds american-writer
The Guild is the authoritative voice of American writers.
burden-of-proof burden proof
The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.
suicide odds drug
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 unhappiness. Drug overdose. Suicide. Reckless behavior.
missing different citizens
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 much a citizen of a different era - that it is hard to feel fully deprived.
courage dignity absence
Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on with dignity in spite of it.
narrative purpose ambiguity
The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.