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One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers. ↗

— John Grisham

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Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads. ↗

— John Grisham

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Still, something about writing made me spend large hours of my free time at my desk. ↗

— John Grisham

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Writing's still the most difficult job I've ever had - but it's worth it. ↗

— John Grisham

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In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ↗

— Alfred Whitney Griswold

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The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ↗

— Alfred Whitney Griswold

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I also found child's play - stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy - was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult. ↗

— Matt Groening

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Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America - land of the free, home of the brave. ↗

— Dave Grohl

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Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house. ↗

— Lewis Grizzard

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As a new artist there's always outside influences trying to tell you how to make a song better for radio and how to do your hair. ↗

— Josh Groban

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