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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
You
Genius
Great
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" 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. "
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" More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they weren't guilty or fairly tried. 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
Enough
Wrong
People
" And that's the mission of The Innocence Project in New York, is to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted, and also work from a policy angle with Congress and state legislatures to prevent future wrongful convictions. "
John Grisham
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" Sometimes I can tackle an issue -homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty - and wrap a good story around it. These are the best books, the ones with a story and a message. "
John Grisham
Death
Good
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" I love piecing together intricate thoughts that people find compulsively readable and they can't put down. "
John Grisham
Thoughts
Down
Together
" I don't want to force my politics on my readers. "
John Grisham
Politics
Force
Want
" 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
Never
Doubt
Story
" 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
Bad
Death
You
" I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour. "
John Grisham
First
Steady
Rose
" 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
Blue
Book
Always
" Every morning I wake at 6am or 6.30am, champing at the bit. "
John Grisham
Every
Morning
Wake
" 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
Because
Enough
Representation
" I give off rather mixed messages about the law. On the one hand, I can honestly say I don't miss working in a law office. On the other hand I do enjoy watching the law and while the profession may have its problems, I have sold zillions of books out of magnifying them. "
John Grisham
Enjoy
Problems
Say
" There's always such a rush to judgment. It makes a fair trial hard to get. "
John Grisham
Judgment
Fair
Always
" I hate prologues because they're kind of gimmicks to suck you in. "
John Grisham
Kind
Hate
Suck
" 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
Money
You
Real Estate
" There are so many colorful characters in Florida. There's a lot of money, development - not all of it good - and corruption. "
John Grisham
Corruption
Money
Good
" 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. "
John Grisham
Love
Start
Name
" I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it. "
John Grisham
Try
Goal
Good
" There are three types of words: words we all know, words we should know, and words nobody knows. Don't use the third category. "
John Grisham
Nobody
Use
Knows
" Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types. "
John Grisham
Fascinating
Prisons
Places
" 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
Start
Loved
Time
" 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. "
John Grisham
Me
I Am
Time
" I start every morning at 7 or 7:30 in the same place - my little office where it's dark and cozy - with a cup of the same really strong black coffee. It's my little cocoon. There's no phone or fax or Internet. And no music. "
John Grisham
Coffee
Strong
Music