If you are an avid reader, it is only natural that you must have laid your hands on a John Grisham novel! For who can miss out on the legal thrillers presented by Grisham through his impeccably simple writing style and top-notch story telling ability. An attorney and Mississippi legislator by profession, Grisham’s turn to professional writing is almost unbelievable. While passing through the court one day, he overheard a girl tell her story to the jury. He was so intrigued by the tale that it coaxed him to become a writer. Thus, started a journey into novel writing that resulted in his first masterpiece ‘A Time to Kill’. Grisham soon realized his passion for writing and involved himself completely into the act, spinning out one masterpiece after the other. His second novel, ‘The Firm’ was a bestseller of 1991. It was only a decade after ‘Firm’ was released that Grisham shifted focus from legal thriller into other fictional tales. Today, he is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated authors and novelists. His novels apart, Grisham is also famous for his highly meaningful quotes that point out life’s fact in an interesting manner. His quotes cover a wide variety of subjects. Check this section to find some famous quotes by John Grisham.
In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.
When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.
John Grisham
Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent man, it's a life of mental torture that the human spirit is not equipped to survive.
The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best---talking about other lawyers.
John Grisham
You advised him not to get a lawyer, giving as one of your reasons the opinion that lawyers are a pain in the ass. Gentlemen, the pain is here.
-Reggie Love
The company later went broke, and of course all blame was directed at the lawyers. Not once did I hear any talk that maybe a trace of mismanagement could in any way have contributed to the bankruptcy.
If you're not nervous, son, then something is wrong.
John Grisham
They found Seth Hubbard in the general area where he had promised to be, though not exactly in the condition expected. He was at the end of a rope, six feet off the ground and twisting slightly in the wind.
John Grisham
Once again, I was reminded that Tally was the prettiest girl I'd ever met, and when she smiled at me my mind went blank. Once you've seen a pretty girl naked, you feel a certain attachment to her.
You wired the kid," Truemann said meekly to no one in particular.
"Why not? No crime. You're the FBI, remember. You boys run more wire than AT&T."[Reggie Love]
We all have our little secrets, and as long as they're harmless, who really cares? With time, the secrets often go away and things don't matter anymore.
Dear Mrs. Black: On seven prior occasions this company has denied your claim in writing. We now deny it for the eighth and final time. You must be stupid, stupid stupid, stupid!
The sky had cleared, and now the sun was overhead, already baking the wet ground so that you could see the humidity drifting lazily above the cotton stalks.
We learned after the first semester in law school that it's best never to discuss exams. If notes are compared afterwards, you become painfully aware of things you missed.
He'd had his career, his triumphs. Success had brought him nothing but misery; he couldn't handle it. Success had thrown him in the gutter
John Grisham
He counts votes before he decides what to have for breakfast.
John Grisham
I'm being followed so much I'm causing traffic jams.
John Grisham
Fear was good; fear was an ally; that every lawyer was afraid when he stood before a new jury and presented his case. It was okay to be afraid – just don’t show it.
Appalachia was Appalachia, regardless of boundaries someone had set an eternity ago. A land of breathtaking beauty, of steep hills and rolling mountains
John Grisham
How often would I have the chance to see a pretty girl bathing? I could recall no specific prohibition from the church or the Scriptures, though I knew it was wrong. But maybe it wasn't terribly sinful.
Lucien had taught him that fear was good; fear was an ally; that every lawyer was afraid when he stood before a new jury and presented his case. It was okay to be afraid – just don’t show it.
Don't ever get involved in politics, Theo. It's a dirty game.
John Grisham
I am motivated by thoughts of my sorrowful little client and the screwing that he got. I'm the only lawyer Donny Ray has, and it will take much more than paper to slow me down.
You’re old. You’re senile. You’re too calm about this. Something must be wrong…”
“Wonderful. I’ll pull out my hair and chase butterflies around the room.
John Grisham
They say a woman marries a man with the belief she can change him, and she can’t. A man marries a woman with the belief that she won’t change, and she does.
I had never seen a woman's breasts before, and I doubted if any seven-year-old boy in Craighead County had. Maybe some kid had stumbled upon his mother, but I was certain no boy my age had never had this view.
In the United States we spend $40,000 a year to incarcerate each prison inmate and $8,000 to educate each elementary school student.
John Grisham
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.
After a leisurely slide into second, Joe bounced to his feet, looked at Marichal, shrugged, smiled, and spread his arms as if to say, "You throw at me, I'll make you pay.
And every defendant, regardless of how despicable the person or his crime, is entitled to a lawyer. Most laymen don’t understand this and don’t care. I don’t care either. This is my job.
The relief came from the sudden realization that she had just been freed from a job she despised.
John Grisham
This was Mississippi, where for years whites shot blacks for any reason or no reason and no one cared; where whites raped blacks and it was considered sport; where blacks were hanged for fighting back.
John Grisham
You just don’t understand men, Samantha. Looking is automatic and it’s harmless. We all look. Come on.
