Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.

Way back about nineteen-twenty there was a Klan... The Ku Klux's gone... It'll never come back.

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.

You can choose your friends, but you sho' can't choose your family.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward.

Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.