Scott Turow's Profile
Brief about Scott Turow: By info that we know Scott Turow was born at 1949-04-12. And also Scott Turow is American Novelist.
Some Scott Turow's quotes. Goto "Scott Turow's quotation" section for more.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.
Tags: Democracy, Education, KnowledgeIf life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, there would be no need for fiction.
Tags: Fiction, Life, SingleI count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.
Tags: Learning, Life, SimplyOn the streets, unrequited love and death go together almost as often as in Shakespeare.
Tags: Death, Love, TogetherPostmodernism cost literature its audience.
Tags: Audience, Cost, LiteratureThe prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.
Tags: Burden, Carry, ProofThe purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.
Tags: Ambiguity, Present, PurposeFor thousands and thousands of American kids, libraries are the only safe place they can find to study, a haven free from the dangers of street or the numbing temptations of television. As schools cut back services, the library looms even more important to countless children.
Tags: Children, Free, StudyIf the rewards to authors go down, simple economics says there will be fewer authors. It's not that people won't burn with the passion to write. The number of people wanting to be novelists is probably not going to decline - but certainly the number of people who are going to be able to make a living as authors is going to dramatically decrease.
Tags: Living, Passion, SimpleLibraries function as crucial technology hubs, not merely for free Web access, but those who need computer training and assistance. Library business centers help support entrepreneurship and retraining.
Tags: Business, Help, TechnologyThe one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots.
Tags: Books, Worth, WrittenThere are lots of things about Amazon for which they deserve credit. They're innovative. There are lots of very, very happy Amazon customers. I'm not here to dispute that Amazon has been personally good for me or to say that they haven't been, so far, good to their customers.
Tags: Good, Happy, HereThe military has a very long relationship with Hollywood that dates back to the silent film era.
Tags: Film, Military, SilentFew Americans born after the Civil War know much about war. Real war. War that seeks you out. War that arrives on your doorstep - not once in a blue moon, but once a month or a week or a day.
Tags: After, Real, WarThe thing that really struck me was how many firms that we think of as strictly civilian had ties to the Pentagon. Companies like Apple, Starbucks, Oakley the sunglasses manufacturer. Even Google, and a lot of big corporations like PepsiCo, Colgate-Palmolive, and Nestle, that you don't normally think of as defense contractors.
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