People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
Havin' a gun around's an invitation to somebody to shoot you.
I try to give'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason.
Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.
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.