I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that’s why other… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
When they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things . . . Atticus, he was real nice. .… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had,… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. I hadn’t realized it (the original book) had survived, so… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I have nothing but gratitude for the people who made the film. It was a most unusual experience. I'm no judge, and… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets - — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“People have a habit of doing everyday things even under the oddest conditions.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Atticus said naming people after Confederate generals made slow steady drinkers. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Atticus, he was real nice." "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
It's quite a thing, if you've never been in or known a small southern town. The people are not particularly sophisticated, naturally.… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you're working at home they think nothing of walking in… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
A mob's always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
People who write for reward by way of recognition or monetary gain don't know what they're doing. They're in the category of… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs,… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I came to the conclusion that people were just peculiar, I withdrew from them, and never thought about them until I was… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Now...in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, ipods and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“No jury in this part of the world's going to say, "We think you're guilty, but not very," on a charge like that. It… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ’em. You’re not gonna change any of them by talkin’… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Writing is something you'll never learn in any university or at any school. It's something that is within you, and if it isn't there,… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“To begin with, this case should never have come to trial. The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence that the crime… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Naw, Jem. I think that there is just one kind of folks. Folks." Jen turned and punched his pillow. WHen he settle back his… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“The course of English Literature would have been decidedly different had Mr. Wordsworth owned a power mower.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image