Joe Root Quotes

This summer, I'll be bringing out a mystery that involves a young lawyer and a court scene the likes of which I don't think you've ever seen. Hollywood said this is James Patterson meets John Grisham.

John Grisham is one of the greatest storytellers of all time.

I'm about to read Scott Turow's 'Innocent.' I've been hungry for this book since he first told me it was in the works. I'm a serious Turow fan.

I confess to loving a good murder mystery - anything by Scott Turow or John Grisham. Maybe it's a holdover from my days as a criminal prosecutor in Seattle.

At the moment, I'm enjoying John Grisham quite a bit.

I keep thinking I'll enjoy suspense novels, and sometimes I do. I've read about 20 Dick Francis novels.

I'm not that big of a reader, to be honest.

People talk of me as being the inventor of the legal thriller.

Mass market paperback thrillers are a dime a dozen. The trick is to find something that actually sticks to the ribs.

I don't think I read an entire book in high school.

London now has its own John Grisham.

I just have never got into reading.

I don't really read a lot. Maybe I should.

To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read.

I don't read a lot of rock magazines for the most part.

I don't generally read a lot of fiction.

When I was reading 'The Underground Railroad,' I had to actually hold my hand over the right-hand page so I wouldn't see, by mistake, what was coming up next - it was so suspenseful. it's really masterful.

I'm actually not a big reader.

I'm entirely of the mindset that when it comes to books, they've got to be paper.

I read 'The Hobbit' when I was twenty and first reading modern science fiction and fantasy. I followed it up with 'The Lord of the Rings,' which I still reread from time to time, but of the lot of it, I prefer 'The Hobbit.'

At home, I tend to read print, and most of the time, that means recently released hardcover novels. I enjoy the feel of paper and board; I like turning pages, dog-earing my spot, jotting notes in the back.

I was heavily into John D. MacDonald.

A woman at a bookstore in Brattleboro, Vt., put Castle Freeman Jr.'s novel 'Go With Me' in my hand, and I took it to be nice. 'Yeah I'll probably read five pages,' I thought. But once I started, I could not put it down.

Young adults are honest readers. They won't stay with a book unless they have a reason, so it has to move along.

When something comes to my mind, I finish a book within 15-20 days.