You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
HARPER LEEI would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
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Things are always better in the morning.
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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
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Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
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Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
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But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
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Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.
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Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
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Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they’re quite different from people who must write.
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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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You can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
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She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it.
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It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.
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