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I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am not.

~John Grisham

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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.

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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.

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

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There's always such a rush to judgment. It makes a fair trial hard to get.

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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.

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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.

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There are three types of words: words we all know, words we should know, and words nobody knows. Don't use the third category.

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I start every morning at 7 or 7:30 in the same place - my little office where it's dark and cozy - with a cup of the same really strong black coffee. It's my little cocoon. There's no phone or fax or Internet. And no music.

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Sometimes I can tackle an issue -homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty - and wrap a good story around it. These are the best books, the ones with a story and a message.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: February 8th, 1955

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