John Grisham Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Every morning I wake at 6am or 6.30am, champing at the bit.”

“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 the most - is the worst type almost. Because it's wrong about half the time. Think about that.”

“My name became a brand, and I'd love to say that was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books. And I've stuck to that ever since.”

“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 naughty, just like him.”

“I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am. My clients were little people fighting big corporations, so it was a natural thing to not only represent the little guy but also to pull for him - it's the American way.”

“I learned that lesson a long time ago. When you write popular fiction you're going to get bashed by critics.”

“Keeping a guy in prison costs 50,000 bucks a year. Executing one costs a couple million.”

“We are extremely private, and we really got sort of ambushed by the notoriety.”

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

“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 some fun. And I did for the first two years. And I regret a lot of it, because my grades were in terrible shape. I never got in serious trouble, except for my grades.”