John Grisham Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• 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

  Fun, Real, Book

• 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

  Book, Kids, Naughty

• In my case, once you sell a lot of books and you are labeled a bestselling author, the serious critics are never gonna say anything nice about you.

  John Grisham

  Nice, Book, Say Anything

  Source: therumpus.net

• Ten years from now I plan to be sitting here, looking out over my land. I hope I'll be writing books, but if not, I'll be on my pond fishing with my kids. I feel like the luckiest guy I know.

  John Grisham

  Book, Writing, Kids

• I've sold too many books to get good reviews anymore. There's a lot of jealousy, because [reviewers] think they can write a good novel or a best-seller and get frustrated when they can't. I've learned to despise them.

  John Grisham

  Book, Writing, Thinking

• I don't start a novel until I have lived with the story for awhile to the point of actually writing an outline and after a number of books I've learned that the more time I spend on the outline the easier the book is to write. And if I cheat on the outline I get in trouble with the book.

  John Grisham

  Book, Writing, Numbers

• 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

  Country, Book, Cards

• There is no devious and dangerous life. I've lived a charmed life, especially in the last thirty years since I've started publishing. I've won the lottery. And I keep winning it every year and I am so fortunate to do something I thoroughly enjoy and still enjoy after a bunch of books.

  John Grisham

  Book, Winning, Enjoy

  Source: therumpus.net

• I did get tired of hearing that criticism years ago. That is not a compliment. Being labeled a "beach read" is a put-down. So, I did deliberately set out to write a book, Camino Island, that would be very entertaining and compulsively readable and we published it on June 6 in time for summer vacation, hoping that people would buy it and take it to the beach.

  John Grisham

  Summer, Beach, Book

  Source: therumpus.net

• The worst letters come from retired high school English teachers. They will literally take a book and pick it to pieces and send me 14 pages of notes.

  John Grisham

  Teacher, Book, School

• So many book sections in newspapers and magazines used to be lively and vibrant places. Now they are gone. You just don't see many reviews anymore. I can't control that, so I don't worry about it. I just try to do what I do and write books that people find every entertaining. I don't worry about the critics.

  John Grisham

  Book, Writing, Worry

  Source: therumpus.net

• 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

  Book, Hands, Law

• I remember Stephen King did a fundraiser one time with J.K. Rowling and he was very impressed with her. But we talk a lot about publishing, bookselling, and book writing. He's been around for ten years longer than me and was a bestseller right off the bat. And he's seen and done everything. It's rare to be with somebody who has been through all of that.

  John Grisham

  Book, Writing, Done

  Source: therumpus.net

• I'm a Christian, and those beliefs occasionally come out in the books.

  John Grisham

  Christian, Book, Belief

• Stephen King told me a long time ago, when he gave me some advice about the movies. He said to take the money up front and expect it to be something different than the book and if you don't like that don't deal with Hollywood. But if you take the money, shut up and don't criticize the film because you sold it. The movie doesn't change a word of the book.

  John Grisham

  Book, Long, Advice

  Source: therumpus.net

• I always do book signings with the same blue pen. That way, if I add a personalised message to a book I've already signed, it'll be in the same colour as my signature.

  John Grisham

  Book, Blue, Signatures

• My name became a brand and I'd love to say it was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books. And I've stuck to that ever since.

  John Grisham

  Book, Writing, Names

  "A life in writing: John Grisham". Interview with Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2011.

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