Lisa Scottoline Quotes & Sayings

“And when I look at my mother, I reflect on her strength and endurance. She's cranky sometimes, but she is lovable and loving. I'd be happy to be there at 86.”

“I love writing both fiction and memoir. Both have unique challenges; bottom line, fiction is hard because you have to come up with the credible, twisty plot, and memoir is hard because you have to say something true and profound, albeit in a funny way.”

“What I'm doing is writing stories about women who care about justice. They are women who think about the difference between right and wrong, what's legal and illegal, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral.”

“I am really, I think, truly an easygoing, positive, fun person.”

“I am an open book, literally. I don't mind if people know way too much about me.”

“I love the dignity in the name Philadelphia, but at heart, we're Philly.”

“I love everything about Philadelphia, and its food is like the city itself: real-deal, hearty, and without pretension. We've always had an underdog vibe as a city, but that just makes us try harder, and I love our scrappiness and scruffiness.”

“I was a lawyer and I loved it, but my Francesca was born, and a divorce followed way too soon after.”

“I still think I'm writing Nancy Drew with a mortgage.”

“Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.”