Twenty years on, the books are still fun to write and I've still got lots of stories I want to tell, mainly about social injustice and people chewed up by the system. John Grisham chew write book Change image and share on social
We've sent 130 men to death row to be executed in this country, at least 130 that we know of, who have later have been exonerated because they were either innocent, or they were not fairly tried. That's 130 people that we've locked down on death row. And they've spent years there. John Grisham innocent lock execute share on social
There's always such a rush to judgment. It makes a fair trial hard to get. John Grisham fair judgment make Change image and share on social
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 have blue message Change image and share on social
I seriously doubt I would ever have written the first story had I not been a lawyer. I never dreamed of being a writer. I wrote only after witnessing a trial. John Grisham trial doubt dream Change image and share on social
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. John Grisham love low work 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 steady earn dollar 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 bash learn critic Change image and share on social
Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types. John Grisham place fascinate white Change image and share on social
Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong. John Grisham adequate defender representation Change image and share on social