Some People Have More Guts

Very Few Writers Understand The Complex History And Maddening Social Order Of The Mississippi Delta. For Steve Yarbrough, Though, It's Home Turf. He Is Wickedly Observant, Funny, Cynical, Evocative, And He Possesses A Gift That Cannot Be Taught: He Can Tell A Story.

Death Row Is A Nightmare To Serial Killers And Ax Murderers. For An Innocent Man, It's A Life Of Mental Torture That The Human Spirit Is Not Equipped To Survive.

Ten Years From Now I Plan To Be Sitting Here, Looking Out Over My Land. I Hope I'll Be Writing Books, But If Not, I'll Be On My Pond Fishing With My Kids. I Feel Like The Luckiest Guy I Know.

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 Still Enjoy The Process Of Writing. If I Ever Feel Like I Am Going Through The Motions Because I Can Sell Anything At This Level, I Hope That Somebody, Somewhere Who I Trust Will Tell Me To Take A Break And Stop Because It's Sounding Old. But So Far, I Don't Feel Like I'm Boring Anyone.