John Grisham

Michael Harvey should be read by all.

— John Grisham

“It wouldn't pay to get fresh with a missionary.”

— John Grisham

Live your life the way you want. You'll figure it out.

— John Grisham

“Never trust a white person black people don’t like.”

— John Grisham

“I'm here to tell you, separate was never equal.”

— John Grisham

“Too poor to paint and too proud to whitewash.”

— John Grisham

“It's mafia,Mitch and illegal as hell.”

— John Grisham

Four rehabs meant a fifth was somewhere down the road.

— John Grisham

I love piecing together intricate thoughts that people find compulsively readable and they can't put down.

— John Grisham

“Girls, murder trials, secret witnesses. Life was suddenly very complicated.”

— John Grisham

“But such a cheap shot from a sibling can never be left alone.”

— John Grisham

“No star fades faster than that of a high school athlete.”

— John Grisham

When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.

— John Grisham

“Do you read them? Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald?" "Only if I have to. I try to avoid old dead white men.”

— John Grisham

“SUDDEN AFFLUENCE triggers a desire for the better things in life.”

— John Grisham

“One good thing about jail is that it allows you to think a lot.”

— John Grisham

“Like every false rumor, it gained credibility while being repeated, and before long it was practically a fact.”

— John Grisham

“I believe in God,” he said, truthfully but weakly. “It’s easy to say that,” she said, her words still slow and soft.…

— John Grisham

“They found Seth Hubbard in the general area where he had promised to be, though not exactly in the condition expected. He…

— John Grisham

“Massive layoffs at financial firms. Banks refusing to lend while other banks were closing their doors. Congress chasing its tail. Obama blaming…

— John Grisham

“Ethics are determined by what they catch you doing. If you don’t get caught, then you haven’t violated any ethics.”

— John Grisham

I cannot write as well as some people; my talent is in coming up with good stories about lawyers.That is what I…

— John Grisham

Once again, I was reminded that Tally was the prettiest girl I'd ever met, and when she smiled at me my mind…

— John Grisham

The first thing my family did when we moved was join the local church. The second was to go to the library…

— John Grisham

“You count the years until you get a varsity jersey, then you're a hero, an idol, a cocky bastard because in this…

— John Grisham

I grew up in a very small, close-knit, Southern Baptist family, where everything was off-limits. So I couldn't wait to get to…

— John Grisham

I still enjoy the process of writing. If I ever feel like I am going through the motions because I can sell…

— John Grisham

I've had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I've been very lucky with Hollywood, and look…

— John Grisham

“I can feel the competition here, very much like the first few weeks of law school when we were terribly concerned with…

— John Grisham

Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with…

— John Grisham

“He’s such a good boy.” Maybe. Louie had flirted around the edges of the drug scene throughout high school. There were plenty…

— John Grisham

Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to…

— John Grisham

“Okay, let’s pretend to be friends. Just two friends having dinner.” “That doesn’t work in the South. A male friend cannot have…

— John Grisham

The two mistakes that come to mind are people who introduce a flood of characters in the first few pages. Where the…

— John Grisham

“Driving back to Brady, Mattie said, “A license to practice law is a powerful tool, Samantha, when it’s used to help little…

— John Grisham

“In the bottom right-hand corner was a decent-sized color photo of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Trudeau posing with their new acquisition. Brianna,…

— John Grisham

“Several years ago, not long after the terror attacks on September 11, our police department managed to bilk Homeland Security out of…

— John Grisham

“Back to the cake. You were down to the seam of coal.” “Yeah, well, once they find the coal, they bring in…

— John Grisham

“America is a war and you are on the other side. How's a black man ever going to get a fair trial…

— John Grisham

“So why do these guys hate your guts?” “Because they believe strip-mining is a good thing. It provides jobs, and there are…

— John Grisham