John Grisham Quotes - Page 3

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• In one long glorious acknowledgment of failure, he laid himself bare before God.

  John Grisham

  Long, Glorious, Acknowledgment

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• I didn't dare think of the future; the past was still happening.

  John Grisham

  Past, Thinking, Dare

  Twitter post from Aug 23, 2016

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• I don't even know what a serious literary critic is.

  John Grisham

  Serious, Critics

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Prisons are hate factories, Pastor, and society wants more and more of them.

  John Grisham

  Hate, Want, Prison

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• There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer.

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  Things In Life, Long, Lawyer

  Twitter post from Jul 14, 2016

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• Ten years from now I plan to be sitting here, looking out over my land. I hope I'll be writing books, but if not, I'll be on my pond fishing with my kids. I feel like the luckiest guy I know.

  John Grisham

  Book, Writing, Kids

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• You need some coffee, don't you?" "Yes, I've only had a gallon.

  John Grisham

  Coffee, Needs, Gallons

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• After I'd been a lawyer for about five or six years, I started playing around with fiction.

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  Years, Fiction, Six

  "Piers Morgan Tonight", www.cnn.com. December 9, 2011.

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• I still enjoy the process of writing. If I ever feel like I am going through the motions because I can sell anything at this level, I hope that somebody, somewhere who I trust will tell me to take a break and stop because it's sounding old. But so far, I don't feel like I'm boring anyone.

  John Grisham

  Writing, Boring, Break

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I don't feel stupid, just inadequate. After three years of studying the law, I'm very much aware of how little I know.

  John Grisham

  Stupid, Years, Law

  John Grisham (1996). “The Rainmaker”, Dell

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• I looked at her and tried to speak, but all I could think about was how shocked she'd be if I said what I was thinking.

  John Grisham

  Thinking, Speak, Said

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2016

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• I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am not.

  John Grisham

  Apples, Orange, Genius

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

  John Grisham

  Writing, Long, Fiction

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• You burn a man's pickup, and he's ready for war.

  John Grisham

  War, Men, Ready

  Twitter post from Aug 29, 2016

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• One thing that drives me nuts... well, let me ask you, when writers write do they not use quotation marks anymore?

  John Grisham

  Writing, Let Me, Quotations

  Source: therumpus.net

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• We learned after the first semester in law school that it's best never to discuss exams. If notes are compared afterwards, you become painfully aware of things you missed.

  John Grisham

  School, Law, Firsts

  John Grisham (1996). “The Rainmaker”, Dell

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• I don't want to force my politics on my readers.

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  Want, Force, Reader

  "A life in writing: John Grisham" by Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2011.

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• The good thing about writing fiction is that you can get back at people.

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  Writing, People, Fiction

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• And they drank heavily, partied with great enthusiasm, and relished the drug culture; they moved in and out and slept around, and this was okay because they defined their own morality. They were fighting for the Mexicans and the redwoods, dammit! They had to be good people!

  John Grisham

  Fighting, People, Drug

  John Grisham (2000). “The Brethren”, Doubleday Books

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

  John Grisham

  Morning, Every Morning, Bits

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• Stephen King told me a long time ago, when he gave me some advice about the movies. He said to take the money up front and expect it to be something different than the book and if you don't like that don't deal with Hollywood. But if you take the money, shut up and don't criticize the film because you sold it. The movie doesn't change a word of the book.

  John Grisham

  Book, Long, Advice

  Source: therumpus.net

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

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  Couple, Years, Guy

  "Bill Moyers talks with John Grisham". "Bill Moyers Journal" with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. January 25, 2008.

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• I always do book signings with the same blue pen. That way, if I add a personalised message to a book I've already signed, it'll be in the same colour as my signature.

  John Grisham

  Book, Blue, Signatures

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• The company later went broke, and of course all blame was directed at the lawyers. Not once did I hear any talk that maybe a trace of mismanagement could in any way have contributed to the bankruptcy.

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  Way, Lawyer, Blame

  John Grisham (1996). “The Rainmaker”, Dell

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• There is no devious and dangerous life. I've lived a charmed life, especially in the last thirty years since I've started publishing. I've won the lottery. And I keep winning it every year and I am so fortunate to do something I thoroughly enjoy and still enjoy after a bunch of books.

  John Grisham

  Book, Winning, Enjoy

  Source: therumpus.net

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