John Grisham
Related JOHN GRISHAM CHRIS MILK With movies, you are always in search is a good story, one that everyone will relate to and love. I ... DON BLUTH Life's irony;It is only when there is a quarrel,you can actually differentiate between a bad friend ... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a... ERNEST GAINES I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES RICK RIORDAN AVI I think good art should always be entertaining, or at least give pleasure of some sort. And my chief... KENNETH OPPEL I love a big, character-rich story with a dark heart, with a compelling mystery or some kind of tick... LISA UNGER I think that, anybody with a strong will to tell a story, then that is fantastic. I think it's f... JOHN LEE HANCOCK C. JOYBELL C. JOSEPH BRUCHAC ANITA DESAI The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound... IRIS JOHANSEN I was a late bloomer. I was 38 when my first book was out and 43 when my first crime novel was out. ... HAKAN NESSER FLANNERY O'CONNOR I think that the fluctuations are going to be very hard for the individual investor to keep up with.... CHARLES DI BONA How can you tell a story with one frame that, by its simplicity, manages to tell a story, a gag that... PIERRE COFFIN Bruce is a very compelling story. We're telling the story of a man who's here to tell a story. CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON I'm excited about becoming a transmedia storyteller. The idea that we can tell the 'Agent Mo... ALAINA HUFFMAN It's sometimes hard to wrap your head around a big story, and for most of us drawing editorial c... STEVE BREEN MARY ANN SHAFFER I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters a... ERNEST GAINES A good story, just like a good sentence, does more than one job at once. That's what literature ... KAREN THOMPSON WALKER WILKIE COLLINS I always choose my projects for the script or what the director want to tell with that story. And if... ELENA ANAYA I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than... GARRETT DILLAHUNT I just like a good story. I want the story to be good and I want the character to be different than ... GARRET DILLAHUNT I always tell my students that an audience will decide whether or not to listen in the first 10 seco... EMILY CAMPBELL DOROTHY FIELDS CECELIA AHERN STEVEN SPIELBERG ASHWIN SANGHI All I wanted to do was to follow my passion and tell a good story. DAVID LAGERCRANTZ Sometimes I'll write without the guitar or the piano, but most of the time I'll be playing a... JOHN DARNIELLE Every story needs some sort of secret that impels it forward. Otherwise why would the reader bother ... DEB LOUGHEAD Sometimes I think that if it were possible to tell a story often enough to make the hurt ease up, to... ANITA SHREVE The agenda is to tell a good story. That's all we really want to do, tell a good story about a good ... JACK KENNY STEVEN SPIELBERG My job as an author is to tell the story in the best way possible, to make it flow seamlessly and ge... PATRICK CARMAN CHARLES DE LINT TED SARANDOS THEODORE STURGEON A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin. CHARLOTTE RAMPLING ARTHUR MILLER As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with dif... ERIC JEROME DICKEY I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to ... GARRETT DILLAHUNT There are three things that are important for a film. Number one is story, number two is story, numb... MARK STRICKSON I think if you make good, interesting content with compelling story lines and good characters, peopl... FREDDIE WONG DEAN KOONTZ There's something horribly unfair about dying in the middle of a good story, before you have a chanc... JOE HILL Many critics, when trying to praise a short-story collection, will say that it has the heft and scop... GARY KRIST I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, ... EVAN HUNTER With different changes but the same plot, sometimes our story has already unfolded. It's just trappe... ERIC SAMUEL TIMM In the years that I have been an actress, I have told the story of my life many times, and I get tir... DANIELLE DARRIEUX Plot is just not my gift. I'm fascinated with complex characters, and that doesn't mix well ... TAYLOR SHERIDAN Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I ... ELIZABETH GEORGE I am obsessed with story. I had a late awakening in life. In college was the first time that I under... SHANE CARRUTH JOHN HENCH The second goal was a big one. That enabled us to play with a little more freedom. And the third goa... MIKE ARONSON I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, ... EVAN HUNTER With the novels, I try to write a few pages a day - it doesn't sound much, but it can be difficu... CATHERINE FISHER My goal always is to tell a universal story, meaning it's about a person who has an idea, a visi... IRVING STONE LORETTA LYNCH MITCH ALBOM JEFFREY ARCHER Obviously, they've got an incredibly compelling story to tell. TOWSON FRASER CHINUA ACHEBE ELIOT PORTER She's our first real butch on the show - a fabulously attractive butch, but nonetheless a real butch... ILENE CHAIKEN RUSSELL SMITH ANNE HATHAWAY The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. ... DICK WOLF My name is Bruce Feiler, and I'm an explainaholic. I first heard this word used to describe Isaa... BRUCE FEILER CHANCE THE RAPPER ADAM MCKAY By staying positive brings out the best in you. Try keeping yourself busy. Whether that is reading, ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA When their competitors … have a good story to tell about how they're managing greenhouse gas emiss... CHRIS DAVIS LOIS LOWRY BEE WILSON Louie is an animator and illustrator by trade, and I can tell you that the pages he has been turning... DAN VADO MARIO PUZO ALICE MUNRO This is all just a transparent effort by the tobacco companies, insurance companies, the Chamber of ... HARVEY PEYTON NICK CANNON Success always have a good story to tell,but failure is buried in the archives of history. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) BEAU BRIDGES I think a good story's a good story and a good character's a good character. MICHAEL SHEEN ISABEL ALLENDE I read his books back in high school and through college. I just always thought he was a fascinating... DAVID HOUSTON SID CAESAR JEAN HANFF KORELITZ SHAUNA NIEQUIST MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is al... HAL SPARKS HIDEO KOJIMA If you make something with love and, you know, passion and you tell a real story, I think it will al... ANTON CORBIJN When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the campers a bedtime story or devotion... JERRY B. JENKINS
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Sometimes I can tackle an issue -homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalt... 
My primary goal is always to tell a story that will resonate with people on a deeply emotional level... 
one day I will tell you a story. A story that will make you ponder. A story that will make you wonde... 
I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth... 
In my books I try to tell a good story, not give messages. 
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... 
To begin with, I want to tell a good story, a story that people will listen to and that they'll ... 
I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges. 
You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it'... 
All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged -- after... 
I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to... 
I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot tha... 
I always take a story that's kind of out there, like an urban myth. I take some possibility that... 
I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I beco... 
Writing is incidental to my primary objective, which is spinning a good yarn. I view myself as a sto... 
I always think if it's a good story, the audience can't wait to run out of the theater and g... 
I read and write for character. If I like and can relate to the characters in a story I can enjoy an... 
We try to guide with a light touch. Sometimes we can be helpful, and my goal with my team, both on t... 
The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a foolproof paper to cheat an insuranc... 
It is a lie. 
But I’m getting ahead of myself. I tend to do that. Any life isn’t just one story; it’s thousa... 
I suppose that I was a kind of consultant for taste. Is it good taste? Or bad taste? I had an attent... 
I believe that the death penalty is an effective penalty. 
I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them ... 
While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story. 
Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself... 
Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject. 
Personally, I see little distinction between an artistic mentality and criminality. You couldn't... 
Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the wo... 
Depending on the story that you're telling, you can be relatable to everybody or nobody. I try a... 
The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit. 
I always set out to tell a good story, to create a character that young people can relate to, place ... 
Years ago, during a John Grisham phase, I tried to pinpoint exactly why I found Grisham's often ... 
Death is another story. I will never make a joke about death. It is beyond my powers. 
Sometimes I get the start of a story from a memory, an anecdote, but that gets lost and is usually u... 
Yo! I think this guy has a good eye and will be able to tell his story in a proper way. 
My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing ... 
I never try to give a message in my books. It's about living with characters long enough to hear... 
The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one. 
A good story, a story resonant and remarkable, can be remade endlessly to tell new sides of itself f... 
We sometimes choose the most locked up, dark versions of the story, but what a good friend does is t... 
I will tell my story, and my reader shall judge for me. I will tell my story, and so contrive to pas... 
I believe that even today we can only tell a simple story without really interfering with gameplay. ... 
I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour. 
Don't compromise yourself - you're all you have. 
My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of so... 
Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is al... 
No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the mai... 
By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Am... 
Learn as many mistakes and what not to do while your business or product is small. Don't be in s... 
This Constitution was not made for a day, nor is it composed of such flexible materials as to be war... 
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. 
Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute. 
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. 
High School is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just ... 
When I was growing up in rural Alabama, it was impossible for me to register to vote. I didn't b... 
The documented incidences of voter fraud are very rare, yet throughout the country, forces have mobi... 
Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the ... 
I was introduced to the Turducken in New Orleans. And it wasn't Thanksgiving. Glenn at the Gourm... 
Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fa... 
How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. 
You wouldn't do something for a receiver to catch the ball if the quarterback couldn't throw... 
I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'... 
The prison-industrial complex, poverty, and the school system has more effect on a young black male ... 
Perhaps they thought I was on a fact-finding mission, never for one moment thinking that a man of my... 
As you grow older, you learn a few things. One of them is to actually take the time you've allot... 
When California was wild, it was the floweriest part of the continent. 
My folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers. 
I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the prop... 
Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly li... 
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer ... 
Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't i... 
Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving. 
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. 
Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking. 
If you don't interfere with me, I'll always do something really good. 
Generalizations, like brooms, ought not to stand in a corner forever; they ought to sweep as a matte... 
Well, if you're true to yourself you're going to be true to everyone else. 
The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. 
I'm not interested in my legacy. I made up a word: 'live-acy.' I'm more interested i... 
The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, as sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shir... 
Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake? 
Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar. 
What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks ... 
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students. 
With any of the movies I've had a chance to do, or any of the TV shows I've had a chance to ... 
The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undi... 
Old friends are best. 
They say stay in the lines, but there's always something better on the other side. 
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. 
Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. 
I believe time wounds all heels. 
I'm really passionate about pantomime because it is often the first introduction for a child to ... 
You have to keep persevering. An actor goes to a lot of auditions and doesn't get the part. 
Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depress... 
A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. 
Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence. 