Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how to start. John Grisham childhooddreamlong Change image and share on social
After I'd been a lawyer for about five or six years, I started playing around with fiction. John Grisham fictionlawyerplay Change image and share on social
Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads. John Grisham authorbeneathbig share on social
I'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where they can never get out. They can never escape. They can never be paroled. Lock the bad ones away. But you gotta rethink everybody else. John Grisham baddeathescape share on social
Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types. John Grisham collareducatefascinate Change image and share on social
I learned that lesson a long time ago. When you write popular fiction you're going to get bashed by critics. John Grisham agobashcritic Change image and share on social
I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour. John Grisham bushdollarearn Change image and share on social
Still, something about writing made me spend large hours of my free time at my desk. John Grisham deskfreehour Change image and share on social
Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff. John Grisham bookestatefun share on social
I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally. John Grisham clientfaultlawyer Change image and share on social
