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
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Those kind of dilemmas are commonplace when you're a prosecutor. You're always in that position with the flipper witnesses.
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All my life, I've wanted to write a book inspired by my relationship with my grandfather. Basically, my grandfather was a guy who everybody in the family regarded as disagreeable at best. But I loved him intensely. He was wonderful to me.
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Accessibility! This was a battle for my soul.
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De Tocqueville talked about the legalistic bent of American culture but, whatever that was, it became accentuated in the latter part of the twentieth century.
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As a graduate student and a writing fellow, innovation was all. As a trial lawyer, accessibility was everything.
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The bottom line is, I am against capital punishment, despite my understanding of the visceral attraction it has for most Americans.
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I think the first serious novel that interested me was The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane.
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