...in other words, all I want to be is the Jane Austen of south Alabama Interview - March 1964

Whatever she says to you, it’s your job not to let her make you mad.

She's an old lady and she's ill. You just hold your head high and be a gentleman. Whatever she says to you, it's your job not to let her make you mad.

It's not time to worry yet

Let the dead bury the dead.

If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time. It's because he wants to stay inside.

I try to give'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason.