Fiction Quote by John Grisham

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

— Sidney Sheldon

I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am.

— John Grisham

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

— John Grisham

I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.

— Walter Salles

Really, I've worked my whole adult life at fiction, to try and write fiction.

— Charles Bock

I love what I do, but it occurs to me I may have handed over a large portion of my life to fiction.

— Joel Edgerton

I quit law in 1988 to start writing, and it took me 17 years from that point to get a book contract. I guess…

— Ben Fountain

It took me seven years of writing before I published my first story. And then, the publications trickled in over the next five years.

— Rob Roberge

I was a litigation lawyer. That's all very logical. Become a litigation lawyer. Become successful. Have a nice office. But there was some pull…

— Robin S. Sharma

I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.

— Peter Straub

Though I later found a career as a journalist and an essayist, fiction is my first love and I never left it, even though…

— Andrew Lam

I always wanted to play a lawyer.

— Billy Bob Thornton