Scott Turow Quote Explained: If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, ther would be no need for fiction.

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On the streets, unrequited love and death go together almost as often as in Shakespeare.

Lawyer and author

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All my novels are about the ambiguities that lie beneath the sharp edges of the law.

- Scott Turow

Lawyer and author

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Life is simply experience; for reasons not readily discerned, we attempt to go on.

- Scott Turow

Lawyer and author

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Nobody ever gets what they want when it comes to love.

- Scott Turow

Lawyer and author

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

- Scott Turow

Lawyer and author

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The overwhelmingly successful trial book of my early adolescence had been To Kill A Mocking Bird.

- Scott Turow

Lawyer and author

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The first time I remember really being excited about a book was The Count of Monte Cristo.

- Scott Turow

Lawyer and author

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Who are we but the stories we tell about ourselves, particularly if we accept them?

- Scott Turow

Lawyer and author

If life’s lessons could be reduced to single sentences, ther would be no need for fiction.

If life’s lessons could be reduced to single sentences, ther would be no need for fiction.

On the streets, unrequited love and death go together almost as often as in Shakespeare.

All my novels are about the ambiguities that lie beneath the sharp edges of the law.

Life is simply experience; for reasons not readily discerned, we attempt to go on.

Nobody ever gets what they want when it comes to love.

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

The overwhelmingly successful trial book of my early adolescence had been To Kill A Mocking Bird.

The first time I remember really being excited about a book was The Count of Monte Cristo.

Who are we but the stories we tell about ourselves, particularly if we accept them?

Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy.

Part fact part fiction is what life is. And it is always a cover story. I wrote my way out.

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

Going back to the noir fiction of the 30s, 40s and 50s. It’s very contemporary.

Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction…transcends the historical thriller.

Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.

The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.

It’s hard to read real fiction. It takes time. It takes a sustained attention.

If life’s lessons could be reduced to single sentences, ther would be no need for fiction.

If life’s lessons could be reduced to single sentences, ther would be no need for fiction.

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