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
years fiction six
After I'd been a lawyer for about five or six years, I started playing around with fiction.
jobs school years
All students enter law school with a certain amount of idealism and desire to serve the public, but after three years of brutal competition we care for nothing but the right job with the right firm where we can make partner in seven years and earn big bucks.
years faults clients
I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally.
who-i-am years lawyer
I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am.
fighting who-i-am years
I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am. My clients were little people fighting big corporations, so it was a natural thing to not only represent the little guy but also to pull for him - it's the American way.
fun sleep years
Please give me fifty more years of work and fun, then an instant death when I'm sleeping.
couple years guy
Keeping a guy in prison costs 50,000 bucks a year. Executing one costs a couple million.
stupid years law
I don't feel stupid, just inadequate. After three years of studying the law, I'm very much aware of how little I know.
recovery years addiction
Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.
morning
Every morning I wake at 6am or 6.30am, champing at the bit.
avoid decided fortunate inspire time
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.
ability athlete athletic boys chip delusions dreams hardy invite lots mark reading remember student twain
I was never a bookworm. I remember reading Dr. Seuss, the Hardy Boys, Emil and the Detectives, Chip Hilton, and lots of Mark Twain and Dickens. My athletic ability did nothing but invite taunts. I was an indifferent student and an athlete with delusions of adequacy, dreams of adulation.
adequate defenders public
Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong.
congress criticize expression freedom giving ingrained plots president rarely society speech stop
Freedom of speech and freedom of expression are so ingrained in our society we rarely stop to think about it. I'm able to write what I want--dark fiendish plots without fear. . . . I can criticize the FBI, the CIA, the president and Congress without giving it a thought.