Lisa Scottoline Quotes

People project all sorts of emotions onto their cats, and cats like it that way.

I read, therefore, I matter.

If it weren't for book tours, I would never leave my house.

Truly I never thought of myself as writing legal thrillers, and I still don't think I do. I write stories about women.

Ellen had long ago stopped being embarrassed by temper tantrums. She flipped it and wore it like a badge of honor. A temper tantrum was a sign that a mom said no when it counted.

If you cant be brave then be determined. And you will end up in the same place.

We can't control what people do or say, even if it's dumb.

I love my job, and I love books. I read anything, including cereal boxes. I care deeply about what people think of my books, and I memorize my reviews. I love to hear from my readers.

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

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

don't argue what you don't believe in. Rule number one, in law and in life.

There was no known cure for a Catholic education.

My theory is that you find out who your true friends are when something good happens to you, not when something bad happens to you. Everybody loves you when something bad happens to you. Then you're easy to love.

Do you know what they call people who hoard books? Smart.

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.

And wouldn't we be better off if every New Year's, we thought about the things we did right and we resolved to keep doing them, no matter how wacky they were.

Women shouldn't iron, ever. It's our wrinkles that make us interesting.

Even people who counted their blessings never counted them in the morning. For one thing, there wasn't time.

Alafair Burke's first standalone is a must read! You'll lose yourself in this riveting story of Alice Humphrey, a woman whose nightmare begins when she goes to work at her new gallery job, only to find everything gone—and a murdered man on the floor. You can't guess the plot twists that follow, as Alice's whole word turns upside down and she has to question everyone and everything she thought was real. And the ending is a shocker you'll never see coming.

You can really help support a character if you understand the setting. So for that reason I generally write about Philadelphia.

Likewise, I would never be so rude as to not interrupt a friend. How else would she know I was listening?

It's the Snickers bars. Snickers equal romance.

Bad things are like waves. They're going to happen to you, and there's nothing you can do about it. They're part of life, like waves are a part of the ocean. If you're standing on the shoreline, you don't know when the waves are coming. But they'll come. You gotta make sure you get back to the surface, after every wave. That's all.

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.

The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.

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.

Everybody hates lawyers, but they don't realize judges are just lawyers with a promotion. Think about it.

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

Testosterone should be a controlled substance.

Any middle-aged woman knows that our feet are not for the faint of heart, especially in midwinter. I wear clogs, so it's actually like my feet are wooden now.

Because the thing about love is that we can't control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it.

everything associated with weddings cost the same - a fortune.

Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.

Nobody was ever replaced in life, no hole completely filled or loss totally healed. You didn't need a medical degree to know that the human body really wasn't stronger in the broken places. Like any bone, the cracks would always show if you looked hard enough.

The thing about love is that we can't control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it. And each feels as good as the other. Your heart doesn't know if it's loving a man, a book, or a puppy. If your heart were that smart, it would be your brain.

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

Let's talk about a decision that women have to make every morning- Big purse or little purse?

But the fact is, I'm not work-identified. I'm not a lawyer or a writer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman, and that's the kind of people I want to see in books in the starring role.