Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. 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 picturesthinktraditiondance 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 livepersonmyselfi-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 resulthouseworksometimes From childhood on, I did sit in the courtroom watching my father argue cases and talk to juries. Harper Lee watchingtalkchildhoodfather Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it. Harper Lee onlymanyprofitwiseadvice I have no time to think about other writers. I am too busy with my own problems. Harper Lee i-amproblemsbusytime 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 youcoffeehomepeople I hoped to be able to write a novel which would enable me to live on it while I wrote the next. Harper Lee livewritemenext 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 downsomethingthinklife 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 childlifechildrenway 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 manalwaysstagelife 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 placedeathbookhands I'm a slow worker; I'm, I think, a steady worker. Harper Lee slowi-thinkthinksteady
