#ma

I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it. ↗

— John Grisham

#around #compelling #death #death penalty #first

Dude, maybe not everyone loves 'Glee.' Me included. I watched 10 minutes and it wasn't my thing. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#everyone #glee #i #included #loves

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'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where they can never get out. They can never escape. They can never be paroled. Lock the bad ones away. But you gotta rethink everybody else. ↗

— John Grisham

#bad #death #death penalty #else #escape

I've had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I've been very lucky with Hollywood, and look forward to more movies being adapted. But I don't get involved in that process. I know nothing about making movies and I stay away from it and hope for the best. ↗

— John Grisham

#adapted #almost #away #been #being

Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored. ↗

— Alfred Whitney Griswold

#may #order #things #wrong

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. ↗

— John Grisham

#books #every #every time #go #got

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

#beneath #big #big picture #book #card

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

— John Grisham

#desk #free #free time #hours #large

Twenty years on, the books are still fun to write and I've still got lots of stories I want to tell, mainly about social injustice and people chewed up by the system. ↗

— John Grisham

#books #chewed #fun #got #i