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John Ray Grisham Jr. is an American bestselling writer, attorney, politician, and activist best known for his popular legal thrillers. His books have been translated into 42 languages and published worldwide.

John Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University before attending the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He practiced criminal law for about a decade and served in the House of Representatives in Mississippi from January 1984 to September 1990.

His first novel, A Time to Kill, was published in June 1989, four years after he began writing it. As of 2012, his books have sold over 275 million copies worldwide. A Galaxy British Book Awards winner, Grisham is one of only three authors to sell 2 million copies on a first printing.

Grisham's first bestseller, The Firm, sold more than seven million copies. The book was adapted into a 1993 feature film of the same name, starring Tom Cruise, and a 2012 TV series which "continues the story of attorney Mitchell McDeere and his family 10 years after the events of the film and novel." Eight of his other novels have also been adapted into films: The Chamber, The Client, A Painted House, The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, Skipping Christmas, and A Time to Kill.

✵ 8. February 1955  •  Other names جان قریشام, జాన్ గ్రీషమ్
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Works

The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker
John Grisham
The Testament
The Testament
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The Confession
The Confession
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The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker
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The Testament
The Testament
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The Confession
The Confession
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John Grisham: 28 quotes5 likes

Famous John Grisham Quotes

“If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.”

John Grisham book The Testament

Source: The Testament

“Don't compromise yourself - you're all you have.”

John Grisham book The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

“I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm.”

John Grisham book The Rainmaker

Source: The Rainmaker

“judge not that ye be not judged”

John Grisham book The Last Juror

Source: The Last Juror

“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.”

John Grisham

“The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best---talking about other lawyers.”

John Grisham book The Rainmaker

Source: The Rainmaker

John Grisham Quotes about life

“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.”

John Grisham book The Confession

Source: The Confession

“Life is short.. Live to the fullest..”

John Grisham book The Runaway Jury

Source: The Runaway Jury

“Live your life the way you want. You'll figure it out.”

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John Grisham Quotes about laws

“I don't feel stupid, just inadequate. After three years of studying the law, I'm very much aware of how little I know.”

John Grisham book The Rainmaker

Source: The Rainmaker

“Privileged people don't march and protest; their world is safe and clean and governed by laws designed to keep them happy.”

John Grisham book The Street Lawyer

Source: The Street Lawyer

“Very few laws remain the same. Once enacted, they are likely to be studied, modified, amended, then often repealed altogether. This constant tinkering by judges and lawmakers is usually a good thing. Bad laws are weeded out. Weak laws are improved. Good laws are fine tuned.”

John Grisham book The Last Juror

John Grisham, The Last Juror: A Novel, p. 357 (Author's Note) (2004)
Source: [Grisham, John, 2004, The Last Juror, BCA, 357 (Author's Note), 0-385-51043-8]

John Grisham Quotes

“Some people have more guts than brains.”

John Grisham book The Rainmaker

Source: The Rainmaker

“Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.”

John Grisham book The Testament

Source: The Testament

“Critics should find meaningful work.”

John Grisham

“Please give me fifty more years of work and fun, then an instant death when I'm sleeping.”

John Grisham book The Rainmaker

Source: The Rainmaker

“A battered wife is a married woman until she gets a divorce. Or until she kills the bastard.”

John Grisham book The Rainmaker

Source: The Rainmaker

“How could homosexuals possibly srew up the sanctity of marriage any worse than heterosexuals?”

John Grisham book The Appeal

Source: The Appeal

“In one long glorious acknowledgment of failure, he laid himself bare before God.”

John Grisham book The Testament

Source: The Testament

“When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.”

John Grisham book The Testament

Source: The Testament

“I was tired of secrets, tired of seeing things I was not supposed to see. And so I just cried.”

John Grisham book A Painted House

Source: A Painted House

“I looked at her and tried to speak, but all I could think about was how shocked she'd be if I said what I was thinking.”

John Grisham book A Painted House

Source: A Painted House

“He's a two-faced, cutthroat, dirt-dumb, chickenshit, slimy little bastard… with a bright future in politics.”

John Grisham book The Confession

Source: Attorney Robbie Flak speaking of the (fictional) Governor of Texas, The Confession, Ch. 12 (2010)

“You need some coffee, don't you?"
"Yes, I've only had a gallon.”

John Grisham book The Confession

Source: The Confession

“My name became a brand, and I'd love to say that was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books.”

John Grisham

Interview, Guardian, Friday 25 November 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/nov/25/john-grisham-life-in-writing

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