John Grisham
John Grisham
John Ray Grisham, Jr. is an American bestselling writer, attorney, politician, and activist best known for his popular legal thrillers. His books have been translated into 42 languages and published worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth8 February 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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We didn't want to leave. You feel guilty because you can hop on a plane and come back home where everything works and everything is standing,
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I don't know how much we'll end up raising. Hopefully, we'll have $10 million. ... All the money we raise will go into somebody's home as opposed to going into overhead and stuff like that.
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Very few writers understand the complex history and maddening social order of the Mississippi Delta. For Steve Yarbrough, though, it's home turf. He is wickedly observant, funny, cynical, evocative, and he possesses a gift that cannot be taught: he can tell a story.
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Mr. Buckley, let me explain it this way. And I'll do so very carefully & slowly so that even you will understand it. If I was the sheriff, I would not have arrested him. If I was on the grand jury, I would not have indicted him. If I was the judge, I would not try him. If I was the D.A., I would not prosecute him. If I was on the trial jury, I would vote to give him a key to the city, a plaque to hang on his wall, & I would send him home to his family. And, Mr. Buckley, if my daughter is ever raped, I hope I have the guts to do what he did.
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When you make charitable contributions, you realize you can't save the world, so you find a small area you can go into and hopefully do some good and do it with your own money and your own sweat and you see the results.
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We are very fortunate people. We never publicize gifts. We try to avoid publicity, but we decided this may be the time to do so and inspire other people.
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Every morning I wake at 6am or 6.30am, champing at the bit.
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We don't normally publicize gifts. It's something we keep extremely private. But in these very, very rare circumstances -- this tragic time -- we hope the gift will get some attention and inspire other people to contribute money and help our fellow Mississippians on the Gulf Coast,
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We don't normally publicize gifts. It's something we keep extremely private.
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I'd love to be able to look back and say, 'I've helped this list of people get a new house or rebuild,' ... To say we did something good here.
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One of the reasons we wanted to target Mississippi is, obviously, we are from there,
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I'm not itching to sue Amazon or Wal-Mart... they sell a lot of books. But the future is very uncertain with books.
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The Deep South has the friendliest people in the world. They will do anything for you. They also want to know what's going on and won't hesitate to ask questions.
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We have the crime of the century every six months. So for people like me who enjoy, you know, taking these stories and writing about them, the material is endless.