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title: "3 Compelling Quotes By John Grisham"
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> [A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/a-riveting-exciting-and-thoroughly-compelling-tale-of-adventure/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

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> [I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/i-always-try-to-tell-a-good-story-one-with-a-compelling-plot-that/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

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> [I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/i-always-try-to-tell-a-good-story-one-with-a-compelling-plot-that-2/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

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## Other authors on Compelling

## More by John Grisham

> [“Do you read them? Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald?" "Only if I have to. I try to avoid old dead white men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/do-you-read-them-faulkner-hemingway-fitzgerald-only-if-i-have-to-i/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

> [“Cuando duermes, engañas al sistema. El tiempo del sueño te pertenece a ti y no al Estado.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/cuando-duermes-enga-as-al-sistema-el-tiempo-del-sue-o-te-pertenece-a/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

> [“The Senator did not know who owned the jet, nor had he ever met Mr. Trudeau, which in most cultures would seem odd since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/the-senator-did-not-know-who-owned-the-jet-nor-had-he-ever-met-mr/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

> [“What kind of name is Siler-Spence? I mean, what's wrong with these women who use hyphens? What if her name was Skowinski and she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/what-kind-of-name-is-siler-spence-i-mean-what-s-wrong-with-these/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

> [“In that case, the truck driver took the stand, swore to tell the truth, then lied for three hours. He said Gretchen crossed the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/in-that-case-the-truck-driver-took-the-stand-swore-to-tell-the-truth/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

> [I'm being followed so much I'm causing traffic jams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/i-m-being-followed-so-much-i-m-causing-traffic-jams/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

> [Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/quite-often-i-can-be-in-a-bookshop-standing-beneath-a-great-big/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

> [Reading is by far the most successful pursuit of happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/reading-is-by-far-the-most-successful-pursuit-of-happiness/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

> [“We were invincible because we were eighteen and stupid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/we-were-invincible-because-we-were-eighteen-and-stupid/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

> [“One good thing about jail is that it allows you to think a lot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/one-good-thing-about-jail-is-that-it-allows-you-to-think-a-lot/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

> [In my case, once you sell a lot of books and you are labeled a bestselling author, the serious critics are never gonna say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/in-my-case-once-you-sell-a-lot-of-books-and-you-are-labeled-a/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/twenty-years-on-the-books-are-still-fun-to-write-and-i-ve-still-got/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

> [Sometimes I can tackle an issue -homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty - and wrap a good story around it. These are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/sometimes-i-can-tackle-an-issue-homelessness-tobacco-litigation/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 few jobs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/so-why-do-these-guys-hate-your-guts-because-they-believe-strip-mining/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

> [“In little pockets of conversation, old men were telling stories of ancient floods. Women were talking of about how much rain there'd been in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/in-little-pockets-of-conversation-old-men-were-telling-stories-of/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

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