#la

As much as everyone wants to downplay racism, it exists. There's a great mistrust among some African-Americans of white people. ↗

— Steve Mitchell

#downplay #everyone #exists #great #mistrust

I seriously doubt I would ever have written the first story had I not been a lawyer. I never dreamed of being a writer. I wrote only after witnessing a trial. ↗

— John Grisham

#been #being #doubt #dreamed #ever

More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they weren't guilty or fairly tried. 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. ↗

— John Grisham

#because #been #criminal #death #defendants

I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour. ↗

— John Grisham

#dollar #earned #first #hour #i

I give off rather mixed messages about the law. On the one hand, I can honestly say I don't miss working in a law office. On the other hand I do enjoy watching the law and while the profession may have its problems, I have sold zillions of books out of magnifying them. ↗

— John Grisham

#books #enjoy #give #hand #honestly

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. ↗

— John Grisham

#am #american #american way #big #big corporations

Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff. ↗

— John Grisham

#books #does #down #estate #fun

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

— John Grisham

#desk #free #free time #hours #large

We've sent 130 men to death row to be executed in this country, at least 130 that we know of, who have later have been exonerated because they were either innocent, or they were not fairly tried. That's 130 people that we've locked down on death row. And they've spent years there. ↗

— John Grisham

#been #country #death #down #either

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

#also #child #considered #found #goofy