From childhood on, I did sit in the courtroom watching my father argue cases and talk to juries. Harper Lee Read Quote
In that film, the man and the part met. As far as I’m concerned, that part is Greg’s for life. I’ve had many, many offers to turn it into musicals, into TV or stage plays, but I’ve always refused. Harper Lee Read Quote
Well, they’re Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of walking right in for coffee. But they wouldn’t dream of interrupting you at golf. Harper Lee Read Quote
It was something I never expected to – I never expected the book would sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of the reviewers. Harper Lee Read Quote
I hoped to be able to write a novel which would enable me to live on it while I wrote the next. Harper Lee Read Quote
I have no time to think about other writers. I am too busy with my own problems. Harper Lee Read Quote
I never expected any sort of success with ‘Mockingbird’… I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. Harper Lee Read Quote
The tradition of the South is not urban… I think we are a region of storytellers, naturally, just from our tribal instincts. We did not have the pleasures of the theater or the dance, motion pictures when they came along. We simply entertain each other by talking. Harper Lee Read Quote
My daddy had a pocket watch that he wore at all times in court. I gave Greg the watch and showed him how Daddy used to use it. Harper Lee Read Quote
