John Grisham Quotes

Browsing the first editions at my local independent bookstore, I came across 'Pastoralia,' a collection of stories by George Saunders. I'd read one of the stories in it already, and several other Saunders stories in magazines and anthologies, and liked them all.

Like most writers, I've read a lot of Hemingway, and I admire him greatly.

I'm a big fan of Michael Morpurgo.

I am a big devourer of James Baldwin.

I started reading G. K. Chesterton's 'The Man Who Was Thursday' on a subway ride, almost missed my stop, and walked home thumbing pages.

Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible.

It's such a thrill when an adult comes up to me and says, 'I read your book as a child and really loved it.' That's a tremendous compliment.

B is for bestseller.

My dream was, and always had been, to write a book. To be a writer.

The highest praise is when a kid says, 'This book feels so real; this could have happened at my school.'

I fantasised about becoming an author and wrote my first book at 18 - an introspective novel set in the 1920s.

I've been into short stories ever since I read an Angela Carter collection when I was a teenager.

I want to write books.

'Colonel Roosevelt' is compelling reading, and Morris a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level.

I adore Toni Morrison. I think we would all be better writers if we read more of her.

One of my favorite authors is Michael Ondaatje.

Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.

It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

Books wind into the heart.

One should never underestimate the power of books.

Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.

My father gave me free run of his library. When I think of my boyhood, I think in terms of the books I read.

This book of Montaigne the world has endorsed by translating it into all tongues.

My favorite sports novel is End Zone by Delillo. It's such a great looking book too, the black cover with the football player on it. It's just a fantastic little book.

We live for books.