352 Quotes by John Grisham

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.

I was tired of secrets, tired of seeing things I was not supposed to see. And so I just cried.

The first thing my family did when we moved was join the local church. The second was to go to the library and get library cards.

I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life.

I'm a Christian, and those beliefs occasionally come out in the books.

The good thing about writing fiction is that you can get back at people.

Michael Harvey should be read by all.

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.

My name became a brand, and I'd love to say that was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books. And I've stuck to that ever since.