Bows Quote by Simone Elkeles

A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin

— Charlotte Rampling

With iron and blood, it seems, and from the rich depths of the earth, John Griswold has fashioned a classic American novel, its dignified…

— Bob Shacochis

“John (Grisham) was really helpful keeping me on track, not wandering off into subplots, making sure I didn't spill the beans too early, all…

— Tony Vanderwarker

After the Grisha Trilogy, I think I was a little burned out on 'chosen one' narratives and I wanted to take a big step…

— Leigh Bardugo

Your life is the novel, and you're the hero.

— Amber Hope

“The biggest gift a writer could have is to have someone with the writing expertise and experience of John Grisham brought to bear on…

— Tony Vanderwarker

Life is painful and disappointing. It is useless, therefore, to write new realistic novels. We generally know where we stand in relation to reality…

— Michel Houellebecq

Literature throws us many great heroes. Real life invariably outdoes them.

— Wilbur Smith

Approach your lives as if they were novels, with their own heroes, villains, red herrings, and triumphs

— Mary Higgins Clark

Every life is a tragedy, but far more the writer's life, because the more he has to see, the more deeply he understands and…

— Gabrielle Roy

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that…

— Francine Rivers

I'm hopefully making the reader feel a lot about the characters and then about their own life.

— Jeffrey Eugenides