All John Grisham Quotes
- Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it. Abandoned
- Privileged people don't march and protest; their world is safe and clean and governed by laws designed to keep them happy. Clean
- Poverty is a great equalizer Equalizer
- You need some coffee, don't you?" "Yes, I've only had a gallon. Coffee
- I don't start a novel until I have lived with the story for awhile to the point of actually writing an outline and after a… Actually Writing
- I guess under the right circumstances, a man will do just about anything. Circumstances
- Live your life the way you want. You'll figure it out. Figure
- 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. Adequate
- 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
- 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… Century
- We are extremely private, and we really got sort of ambushed by the notoriety. Ambushed
- Wrongful convictions happen every week in every state in this country. And they happen for all the same reasons. Sloppy police work. Eyewitness identification is… All
- I've had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I've been very lucky with Hollywood, and look forward to more… Adapted
- I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. Always Try
- 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 college and have… Baptist
- 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… Catch
- 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. Childhood
- 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… Every Time
- 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… Books
- 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… Been