Experience Quote by Roman Payne

“You came out of prison incredibly buff or with an addiction to paperback novels.”

— Heather O'Neill

“Have you ever been in jail, mate? Whatever you did in your life, nothing can be compared to a single day in jail.”

— Stefania Mattana

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

— John Grisham

“There are some people in the world, and the reason they're not in jail is because they've learned how to hide it.”

— Nicholas Sparks The Lucky One

“I don't write crime fiction. I write romances between fucked up people that happen to be active criminals.”

— Anonymous

“If the only point of jail is isolation, then I have served a full sentence.”

— Abhaidev

I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up.

— Samuel L. Jackson

I don't think I'll write a large novel again because it was like being in jail for me. Even though that's the funniest book…

— Sandra Cisneros

I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.

— Jeffrey Archer

Incarcerated individuals want what most people want in a novel: good, honest writing and a story well told.

— George Pelecanos

I will say that the prison regime is rather a good one for a writer because you have plenty of time to write.

— Mary Archer

“I will only write the novel, if I can solve the crime”

— Andrew Hixson