Academy Quote by Charles J. Shields

Harper Lee's novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' became iconic almost immediately after appearing in 1960: best-seller status; the Pulitzer Prize the next year; a…

— Kevin Young

I was still in college when 'To Kill a Mockingbird' came out in 1960. I remember it had a kind of an electrifying effect…

— Tom Brokaw

I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.

— Harper Lee

The overwhelmingly successful trial book of my early adolescence had been To Kill A Mocking Bird.

— Scott Turow

I would come, many years later, to understand why 'To Kill A Mockingbird' is considered 'an important novel', but when I first read it…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Book awards - in America, at least - are not like the Oscars. Awards are not cumulative, and in the case of something like…

— Michelle Dean

I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until…

— Stephen Chbosky

Winning the Pulitzer is not that big a deal. I have seen hundreds of plays that have won the prize and you couldn't sit…

— Richard Harris

Winning the Pulitzer is a really mellow, fabulous thing. You don't sit and wait for them to open an envelope. You already know you…

— John Patrick Shanley

'To Kill A Mockingbird' is one of my favourite novels, my mum brought me up reading it, and it never fails to move me.

— Jessica Marais

It seemed impossible that a scrappy book like 'Goon Squad' could win an award like that. It's such an iconic honor. I think what…

— Jennifer Egan