Quotes by John Grisham

About John Grisham:

John Ray Grisham, Jr. is an American lawyer, politician, and author, best known for his popular legal thrillers. His books have been translated into 42 languages.
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I always do book signings with the same blue pen. That way, if I add a personalised message to a book I've already signed, it'll be in the same colour as my signature.

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Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.

John Grisham

I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour.

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Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how to start.

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Writing's still the most difficult job I've ever had - but it's worth it.

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Keeping a guy in prison costs 50,000 bucks a year. Executing one costs a couple million.

John Grisham

After I'd been a lawyer for about five or six years, I started playing around with fiction.

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There's always such a rush to judgment. It makes a fair trial hard to get.

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I give off rather mixed messages about the law. On the one hand, I can honestly say I don't miss working in a law office. On the other hand I do enjoy watching the law and while the profession may have its problems, I have sold zillions of books out ...

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Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong.

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I'm a Christian, and those beliefs occasionally come out in the books.

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I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally.

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Twenty years on, the books are still fun to write and I've still got lots of stories I want to tell, mainly about social injustice and people chewed up by the system.

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We have the crime of the century every six months. So for people like me who enjoy, you know, taking these stories and writing about them, the material is endless.

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We are extremely private, and we really got sort of ambushed by the notoriety.

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The Deep South has the friendliest people in the world. They will do anything for you. They also want to know what's going on and won't hesitate to ask questions.

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Dear Mrs. Black: On seven prior occasions this company has denied your claim in writing. We now deny it for the eighth and final time. You must be stupid, stupid stupid, stupid!

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My buddies and I wrote letters to hundreds of pofessional players, asking for autographed photos. Occasionally one responded, and to get a photo in th email was a reason to strut.

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The reason is obvious. You're my grandfather, okay. Like it or not, you're who you are and i'm who i am. And i'm here right now, so what are we going to do about it? -Adam Cayhall-

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A sharp bolt of hunger hit Luther hard. His knees almost buckled, his poker face almost grimaced. For two weeks now his sense of smell had been much keener, no doubt a side effect of a strict diet. Maybe he got a whiff of Mabel's finest, he wasn't su...

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In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.

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Author Bio

  • NameJohn Grisham
  • DescriptionAmerican lawyer, politician, and author
  • AliasesJohn Ray Grisham, Jr.
  • BornFebruary 8, 1955
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Lawyer; Novelist; Politician
  • AwardsHelmerich Award; Library Of Congress Prize For American Fiction