I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.

I'm little but I'm old.

I didn't know how you were going to do it, but from now on I'll never worry about what'll become of you, son, you'll always have an idea.

Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough time passed. Then he would be able to think about it and sort things out. When he was able to think about it, Jem would be himself again.

Folks were doin' a lot of runnin' that night

I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.