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I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life.
John Grisham
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John Grisham
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 8
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Jonesboro
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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 learned that lesson a long time ago. When you write popular fiction, you're going to get bashed by critics.
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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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There's always such a rush to judgment. It makes a fair trial hard to get.
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judge not that ye be not judged
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How could homosexuals possibly srew up the sanctity of marriage any worse than heterosexuals?
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You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.
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I don't want to force my politics on my readers.
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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'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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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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I was on the verge of tears, so I turned and ran past the trailer and along the field road until I was safely out of their sight. Then I ducked into the cotton and waited for friendly voices. I sat on the hot ground, surrounded by stalks four feet tall, and I cried, something I really hated to do.
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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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I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm right.
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My mum was never too keen on TV, so we kids all went to the library and got books out. 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.
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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.
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I didn't dare think of the future the past was still happening.
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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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When you work at street level you never know who's going to walk through your door.
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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.
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