Scott Turow

“Secrets are the coin of intimacy.”

“The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.”

“Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?”

“The great thing about being a writer is that you are always in control.”

“I'm a lawyer. I go for due process.”

“Every trial is a puzzle. The nature of the thing is that it is not a matter of knowing the law; it's a matter of knowing the facts.”

“I try to write the books I would love to come upon.”

“There's nothing more troubling than a mystery you can't solve.”

“We are all the walking wounded in a world that is a war zone.”

“The greatest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.”

“Law is a reflection of what a society is, and it's also a reflection of what a society wants to be.”

“The truth is a tricky business. It's not the same as facts.”

“I came to the law with a set of ideals and aspirations.”