I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally.

I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm right.

There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer.

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.

When you work at street level you never know who's going to walk through your door.

I don't want to force my politics on my readers.

You need some coffee, don't you?" "Yes, I've only had a gallon.