Quote by John Grisham
More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later ex

More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they werent guilty or fairly tried. 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. – John Grisham

Other quotes by John Grisham

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. Thats the fun stuff. – John Grisham

Category:
Money
Read Quote

I cant change overnight into a serious literary author. You cant compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am not. – John Grisham

Category:
Change
Read Quote

Ive had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. Ive been very lucky with Hollywood, and look forward to more movies being adapted. But I dont get involved in that process. I know nothing about making movies and I stay away from it and hope for the best. – John Grisham

Category:
Hope
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Death
category

To be honest, Im scared to death of rollercoaster rides. – Liam Neeson

Category:
Death

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond ones death. – Rollo May

Category:
Death

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. – Thomas Paine

Category:
Death

I didnt attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. – Mark Twain

Category:
Death

Random Quotes

An author plants the alphabet — and harvests flowers, nourishment, and weeds. – Terri Guillemets

Category:
Writing

I have a simple life. I mean, you just give me a drum roll, they announce my name, and I come out and sing. In my job I have a contract that says Im a singer. So I sing. – Tony Bennett

Category:
Simplicity

Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65 million years. All of a sudden, we have a fantastic tool that is as good as dreams are. – Werner Herzog

Category:
Dreams

Men are cruel, but Man is kind. – Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, 1916

Category:
Humankind