John Grisham Quotes

It's hard to read good fiction when I am writing, because if it is really good I catch myself sort of inadvertently imitating a great writer.
John Grisham

Good, Great, Writing

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

Year, Guy, Couple

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.
John Grisham

Enough, Wrong, Public

My mum was never too keen on TV, so we kids all went to the library and got books out. Right from the start, I loved the works of Mark Twain. Every time I read about Tom Sawyer, I'd go out and do something low-level naughty, just like him.
John Grisham

Time, Him, Start

My name became a brand, and I'd love to say that was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books. And I've stuck to that ever since.
John Grisham

Love, Writing, Keep

Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads.
John Grisham

Great, Famous, Book

Right from the start, I loved the works of Mark Twain. Every time I read about Tom Sawyer, I'd go out and do something low-level naughty, just like him.
John Grisham

Time, Him, Start

Sometimes I can tackle an issue -homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty - and wrap a good story around it. These are the best books, the ones with a story and a message.
John Grisham

Good, Best, Death

Still, something about writing made me spend large hours of my free time at my desk.
John Grisham

Time, Writing, Made

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.
John Grisham

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

Hard, Makes, Fair

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.
John Grisham

Fun, Tell, Write

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

Private, Notoriety, Extremely

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.
John Grisham

Writing, Enjoy, Taking

We've sent 130 men to death row to be executed in this country, at least 130 that we know of, who have later have been exonerated because they were either innocent, or they were not fairly tried. That's 130 people that we've locked down on death row. And they've spent years there.
John Grisham

Men, Death, Down

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.
John Grisham

Writing, Start, Dream

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

Job, Writing, Difficult

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Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: February 8, 1955

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