“Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educat...” — John Grisham Quote

Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.

I've had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I've been very lucky with Hollywood, and look forward to more movies being adapted. But I don't get involved in that process. I know nothing about making movies and I stay away from it and hope for the best.

I always do book signings with the same blue pen. That way, if I add a personalised message to a book I've already signed, it'll be in the same colour as my signature.

Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.

There has been a terrible hemorrhage of educated women to the West where they can flourish. I understand, but it is terrible. We must stay home.

My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military, so he's worldly.

Education is everything. It's for everyone. We all need to be educated.

Making sure that mothers are educated means we can lift more people out of poverty and build a more inclusive and sustainable society.

The Margaret Thatchers of this country made it through - like I did - because of the grammar school system, which gave the opportunity of a lifetime to working-class kids. It put them on a level playing field with the privately educated kids, and opened up the top universities to them.