352 Quotes by John Grisham

I don’t usually eat breakfast. I prefer to be asleep during the hours that it is served.

They filed in, dressed for the day in short-sleeve shirts and cotton dresses. As they took their seats, a bailiff handed each a funeral fan – a decorative piece of cardboard glued to a stick – as if flapping it back and forth in front of their noses would bring relief from the stifling heat. Many of the spectators were already waving them.

Perhaps in another era, a trial was an exercise in the presentation of facts, the search for truth, and the finding of justice. Now a trial is a contest in which one side will win and the other side will lose. Each side expects the other to bend the rules or to cheat, so neither side plays fair. The truth is lost in the melee.

About a month later, Riggins changed his mind. In an interview with the police, he said he was incorrect about Ron Williamson, that in fact the man he heard doing the confessing was Glen Gore.

He prayed long and hard for justice and healing, but was a bit light on mercy.

I learned that lesson a long time ago. When you write popular fiction, you’re going to get bashed by critics.

I’ve lost my love for money. It’s the curse of the devil.

My mum was never too keen on TV, so we kids all went to the library and got books out. Right from the start, I loved the works of Mark Twain. Every time I read about Tom Sawyer, I’d go out and do something low-level naughty, just like him.

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