John Scott Quotes

I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly.

John Scott

• Decided
• Misery
• Rightly

It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique.

John Scott

• Unique
• Loyalty
• Atrocity

The older I get, the more I seek to use a plain prose style, concentrating more on story.

John Scott

• Story
• Older
• Concentrating

I don't see myself as experimenting in any conscious way, it's perhaps that certain books require different densities of language.

John Scott

• Language
• Books
• Conscious

In my books I might hold the mirror to my own face. If others would like to borrow the mirror, they're welcome. The books aren't there to accuse others - merely to raise issues and keep the debates alive.

John Scott

• Books
• Mirror
• Debates

We've invested millions of dollars in tourism. Now they're trying to industrialize and pollute the ocean. It doesn't make any sense to me at all.

John Scott

• Ocean
• Sense
• Tourism

You look out on the driving range and it looks like snow, but it isn't, it's covered in golf balls.

John Scott

• Snow
• Balls
• Range

It's always better if you're next door. Ideas come up at the oddest times. They don't always come up in a conference call.

John Scott

• Ideas
• Times
• Conference

I got to see first hand what he has done to make this a reality. That has been real rewarding to watch him achieve his dream.

John Scott

• Dream
• Reality
• Achieve