Scott Turow Quotes

That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment.

Scott Turow

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• Reading the several thousand pages of Christopher Isherwood's complete journals is an instructive corrective to the prissiness of reading fiction. Isherwood had faults that we'd say were unforgiveable in a novel (he was careful to distance himself from these in his autobiographical fiction).

  

  Edmund White
  • Reading
  • Distance
  • Say

• I've got nothing very original to say myself.

  

  A. N. Wilson
  • Myself
  • Nothing
  • Say

• The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.

  

  Malcolm McDowell
  • You
  • Push
  • Nurturing

• No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Me
  • Say
  • Pressure

• Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative connotation.

  

  Laura Kightlinger
  • Women
  • Say
  • Feminist

• I want to be an inspirational model. I want people to look at me and say, 'Wow, she looks healthy.'

  

  Ireland Baldwin
  • People
  • Model
  • inspirational

• What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

  

  A. A. Milne
  • Pretty
  • Say
  • Potatoes

• I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • Beautiful
  • Say
  • Watch

• Rather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol.

  

  Takashi Murakami
  • You
  • Say
  • Rather

• I say accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. If you don't accessorize, someone else will.

  

  Venus Williams
  • You
  • Say
  • Someone

• I say that I played a doorstop in Dune because I remember standing around a lot. I was down there for months.

  

  Jack Nance
  • Remember
  • Say
  • Down

• The Syrians are trying to say that the Lebanese are not capable of ruling themselves.

  

  Walid Jumblatt
  • Trying
  • Say
  • Capable

• I blog because I have something to say.

  

  Eddie Huang
  • Something
  • Say
  • Because

• If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a prince, and he says, 'To be or not to be.'"

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • You
  • Say
  • Prince

• I say, 'If I'm able to go out there and achieve a dream, then anybody can do it.'

  

  Natalie du Toit
  • Dream
  • Achieve
  • Say

• People are going to say what they want to say.

  

  Zoe Cassavetes
  • People
  • Want
  • Say

• When somebody asks what I do, I guess I say 'writer' first.

  

  Ilana Glazer
  • First
  • Say
  • Writer

• If it's anything I can't stand, it's yes-men. When I say no, I want you to say no, too.

  

  Jack Warner
  • Men
  • Want
  • Say

• Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again.

  

  Lewis Carroll
  • Fall
  • King
  • Horses

• For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Remember
  • Me
  • Environment

• I have always been interested in having people fall into the image and be aware of their reaction first, and then think about the style.

  

  Damian Loeb
  • People
  • Think
  • Fall

• I've always thought that jazz needs to be heard by a wider audience in Puerto Rico. I want to put together a series of free concerts in the small towns - one with Miles Davis music, another with bebop, maybe Duke Ellington. I want younger people to see what is possible.

  

  Miguel Zenon
  • Always
  • Audience
  • Possible

• When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you’re worth.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Contradiction
  • Seeking
  • Running Away

• That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment.

  

  Scott Turow
  • Say
  • Punishment
  • Push