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Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big p

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 Im a famous author in a country where no one reads. – John Grisham

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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

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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

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