Judge Not That Ye Be Not Judged

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 I'm A Famous Author In A Country Where No One Reads.

Prisons Are Fascinating Places, Especially When The Inmates Are Educated White-collar Types.

So Many Book Sections In Newspapers And Magazines Used To Be Lively And Vibrant Places. Now They Are Gone. You Just Don't See Many Reviews Anymore. I Can't Control That, So I Don't Worry About It. I Just Try To Do What I Do And Write Books That People Find Every Entertaining. I Don't Worry About The Critics.

Mr. Buckley, Let Me Explain It This Way. And I'll Do So Very Carefully & Slowly So That Even You Will Understand It. If I Was The Sheriff, I Would Not Have Arrested Him. If I Was On The Grand Jury, I Would Not Have Indicted Him. If I Was The Judge, I Would Not Try Him. If I Was The D.a., I Would Not Prosecute Him. If I Was On The Trial Jury, I Would Vote To Give Him A Key To The City, A Plaque To Hang On His Wall, & I Would Send Him Home To His Family. And, Mr. Buckley, If My Daughter Is Ever Raped, I Hope I Have The Guts To Do What He Did.

My Name Became A Brand And I'd Love To Say It Was The Plan From The Start. But The Only Plan Was To Keep Writing Books. And I've Stuck To That Ever Since.