“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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