I came to the conclusion that people were just peculiar, I withdrew from them, and never thought about them until I was forced to. Harper Lee More Quotes by Harper Lee More Quotes From Harper Lee I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird,' i didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of reviewers, but at the same time I sort of hoped that maybe someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. Public encouragement. I hoped for a little, as I said, but I got rather a whole lot, and in some ways this was just about as frightening as the quick, merciful death I'd expected. Harper Lee top-news Well, it's better to be silent than be a fool. Harper Lee top-news I can't say that (my reaction) was one of surprise. It was one of sheer numbness. It was like being hit over the head and knocked cold. Harper Lee top-news We were all excited that there might be another one and we’re hoping it might still be out there somewhere. Harper Lee lifestyle Scout, Atticus Boo : A Celebration of 50 Years of' To Kill a Mockingbird,' i haven't spoken to Harper Lee directly about this. And not many people have, except for Harper Lee agent and lawyer. Harper Lee latest-headlines In the mid-1950s, I completed a novel called' Go Set a Watchman,' it features the character known as Scout as an adult woman, and I thought it a pretty decent effort. My editor, who was taken by the flashbacks to Scout's childhood, persuaded me to write a novel( what became' To Kill a Mockingbird') from the point of view of the young Scout. Harper Lee us-news Our main street director told me and she had heard it from the book store. It's definitely great news, everyone has always speculated about a second book. Everyone who read(' Mockingbird') has said,' Oh I wish she had written another book.' It's good for Monroeville. Her book brings people here every day. Harper Lee us-news 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 pictures think tradition dance Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. Harper Lee live person myself i-can So many writers don't like to write... I like to write, and sometimes I'm afraid I like it too much, because when I get into work, I don't want to leave it. And as a result, I'll go for days and days and days without leaving my house. Harper Lee result house work sometimes From childhood on, I did sit in the courtroom watching my father argue cases and talk to juries. Harper Lee watching talk childhood father Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it. Harper Lee only many profit wise advice I have no time to think about other writers. I am too busy with my own problems. Harper Lee i-am problems busy time 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 you coffee home people I hoped to be able to write a novel which would enable me to live on it while I wrote the next. Harper Lee live write me next I would like to be the chronicler of something that I think is going down the drain very swiftly, and that is small-town, middle-class southern life. Harper Lee down something think life This was life in the '30s. This is the way it was with children in the South. I tried to make it general, the kind of things that might happen to any child. Harper Lee child life children way 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 man always stage life 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 place death book hands I'm a slow worker; I'm, I think, a steady worker. Harper Lee slow i-think think steady
