We’ve sent 130 men to death row to be executed in this country, at least 130 that we know of, who have later have been exonerated because they were either innocent, or they were not fairly tried. That’s 130 people that we’ve locked down on death row. And they’ve spent years there. John Grisham Read Quote
I love piecing together intricate thoughts that people find compulsively readable and they can’t put down. John Grisham Read Quote
My clients were always poor folks, working folks, people who were in trouble and couldn’t afford to pay a whole lot. I found it very difficult to say no to somebody who needed help, so most of my work turned out to be pro bono. It didn’t start out that way, but it turned out that way because I never got paid. John Grisham Read Quote
When you work at street level you never know who’s going to walk through your door. John Grisham Read Quote
Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn’t sure how to start. John Grisham Read Quote
I’m not good at raising money. I don’t like to raise money. It’s been my experience that when I ask someone for money, it’s not long before they return the favor. John Grisham Read Quote
I’m not itching to sue Amazon or Wal-Mart… they sell a lot of books. But the future is very uncertain with books. John Grisham Read Quote
It’s hard to read good fiction when I am writing, because if it is really good I catch myself sort of inadvertently imitating a great writer. John Grisham Read Quote
