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I guess under the right circumstances, a man will do just about anything.

John Grisham

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John Grisham
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 8
Actor
Film Producer
Lawyer
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Jonesboro
Arkansas
John Ray Grisham
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John Ray Grisham Jr
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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.
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I don't want to force my politics on my readers.
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I've sold too many books to get good reviews anymore. There's a lot of jealousy, because [reviewers] think they can write a good novel or a best-seller and get frustrated when they can't. I've learned to despise them.
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We cuss them because we're not good enough for them. We hate them because they wouldn't look at us, couldn't be bothered to give us an interview. I guess there's a Trent & Brent in every city, in every field. I didn't make it and I don't belong, so I'll just go through life hating them.
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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.
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Live your life the way you want. You'll figure it out.
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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.
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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.
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In my case, once you sell a lot of books and you are labeled a bestselling author, the serious critics are never gonna say anything nice about you.
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I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am.
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I don't start a novel until I have lived with the story for awhile to the point of actually writing an outline and after a number of books I've learned that the more time I spend on the outline the easier the book is to write. And if I cheat on the outline I get in trouble with the book.
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I don't usually eat breakfast. I prefer to be asleep during the hours that it is served.
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If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.
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Reading is by far the most successful pursuit of happiness.
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Prisons are hate factories, Pastor, and society wants more and more of them.
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I cannot write as well as some people my talent is in coming up with good stories about lawyers.That is what I am good at.
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I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life.
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My name became a brand and I'd love to say it was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books. And I've stuck to that ever since.
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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.
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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.
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