Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
HARPER LEESome negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women – black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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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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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
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Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
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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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Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.
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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father’s one of them.
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I’m still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries.
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As a reader I loathe introductions…Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.
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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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You can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
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I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you’re working at home they think nothing of walking in for a cup of coffee, but wouldn’t dream of interrupting on the golf course.
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I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.
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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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