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In little pockets of conversation, old men were telling stories of ancient floods. Women were talking of about how much rain there'd been in other towns -- Paragould, Lepanto, and Manila.
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John Grisham
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 8
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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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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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There's always such a rush to judgment. It makes a fair trial hard to get.
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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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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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Critics should find meaningful work.
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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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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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You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.
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The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best---talking about other lawyers.
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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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