I don't ask her anything because she needs friends in her life who just let her be. Wayne Flynt More Quotes by Wayne Flynt More Quotes From Wayne Flynt On average, once a month for the last 10 years since her [Harper Lee] stroke, we have sat and talked and told stories and exchanged insults... Which she loves. I think one secret to our friendship was I did not treat her like a marble woman, and my wife - I joked with her, and I joked with her, and that was the sort of contours of our friendship. Wayne Flynt averageyearsthinking I would say what was always on her[Harper Lee] mind was the stories she had to tell, and the story was pretty obvious in "To Kill A Mockingbird," maybe a bit - little bit less obvious and more obscure in "Go Set A Watchman." Wayne Flynt storiesmindlittles As a matter of fact, I constantly tell audiences all over the world that the single greatest icon of American culture from the publication of "To Kill A Mockingbird" was that novel so that if we say, what conversation can we have that would lead us on a road of tolerance, and teachers have decided that if you're going to teach values in a school in America, the answer that American teachers at all kinds of schools have come up with, just let Harper Lee teach "To Kill A Mockingbird." And then all the teacher has to do is stand back and guide the discussion. Wayne Flynt iconsteacherschool Harper Lee was legendarily private. I've never known such a private woman in my life. It's no surprise that she left Monroeville, a gossipy little southern town where everybody wants to know everybody's business, and went to the most anonymous city in America. Wayne Flynt southerncitiesamerica I know there’s another novel because( Lee’s sister) Louise told me there was, she said Nelle( Harper Lee) worked on Auburn University for years, Auburn University was a finished work and she said Auburn University was better than' To Kill a Mockingbird.'. Wayne Flynt lifestyle Her sister, Louise Conner, told me and my wife that she (Lee) finished the novel sitting at her dining room table in Eufaula, Alabama. Louise said she read it and it was far better than 'To Kill a Mockingbird' or 'In Cold Blood,' somewhere out there at least one person, her sister, says there was a book far superior to either one of those classic books. Wayne Flynt top-news Nelle might have sent it to Louise or to Alice. Wayne Flynt entertainment She's 88 years old, she has a profound hearing problem. You have to get right next to her right ear and shout. You may have to shout it three or four times. Wayne Flynt entertainment I'm no lady. I'm Harper Flynt, she roared with laughter, and said, 'You tell Harper that she's just like me. I'm no lady either,'. Wayne Flynt entertainment This narrative of senility, exploitation of this helpless little old lady is just hogwash. It's just complete bunk. Wayne Flynt entertainment No one is ever going to know — no reporter, not me, what was said in that room. Wayne Flynt entertainment
