Quotes from John Scott

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.

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

If I had the luxury of working as a full time writer, I think you would see novels appearing on a much more regular, and frequent, basis.

The Architect is just one of a series of works which examine the confrontation of innocence and experience, illustrating the complex ethics of power that exist between reader and writer, critic and artist, the human and the divine.

Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.

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.

I have a backlog of novels which I would love to be working on and would be working on if I were not obliged to hold down a full time job.