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

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John Grisham
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 8
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Jonesboro
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John Ray Grisham
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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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After I'd been a lawyer for about five or six years, I started playing around with fiction.
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Because I was single, there was a chance I was a homosexual. Because I went to Syracuse, wherever that was, then I was probably a Communist. Or worse, a Liberal. Because I was from Memphis, I was a subversive intent on embarrassing Ford County.
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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.
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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.
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