John Grisham

“Lady finally broke and said, “I gotta smoke. Gimme five minutes.” Her hands were trembling. “Sure,” Mattie said. “Just step outside.” “Thanks.”…

— John Grisham

“regardless of their LSAT scores,”

— John Grisham

“My children know nothing of Christmas. They have so little, and want so little, it makes me feel guilty for the mindless…

— John Grisham

My name became a brand and I'd love to say it was the plan from the start. But the only plan was…

— 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

“She fell for the scam that easy federal money could make law school possible for everyone, and took the first bold steps…

— John Grisham

“The spirit flowed more freely and made for a more spontaneous style of worship.”

— John Grisham

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

— John Grisham

I was on the verge of tears, so I turned and ran past the trailer and along the field road until I…

— John Grisham

“If you're not nervous, son, then something is wrong.”

— John Grisham

I like to start with the first chapter, end with chapter 40. No flashbacks, nothing fancy, just a direct storytelling.

— John Grisham

“What’re those blacks doing across the street walking around the courthouse in the dark?” “It’s called a vigil,” explained Harry Rex. “They’ve…

— John Grisham

It's as if we spend our entire lives avoiding Jell-O but it is always there at the end, waiting.

— John Grisham

“You mentioned law school," he said, and this grabbed her attention. They talked about it at length, with Jake careful not to…

— 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 seriously doubt I would ever have written the first story had I not been a lawyer. I never dreamed of being…

— John Grisham

“In the United States we spend $40,000 a year to incarcerate each prison inmate and $8,000 to educate each elementary school student.”

— John Grisham

“The theory was simple: If a man had enough sense to accumulate a bunch of cash, then he would certainly make a…

— John Grisham

“I've loved you all my life. Even before we met. Part of it wasn't even you. It was just a promise of…

— John Grisham

“Quitting is not the answer. Life is not fair, and you can't quit every time something unfair happens to you.”

— John Grisham

“A major flaw in this defective system is that no LSAT score is too low to be admitted. These dipshit law schools…

— John Grisham

“As Chester poured more water, she asked, “Does all drinking water come from a bottle?” For some reason this was amusing. “Oh…

— John Grisham

I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm right.

— John Grisham

When you work at street level you never know who's going to walk through your door.

— John Grisham

Michael Harvey should be read by all.

— John Grisham