It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Things are always better in the morning.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.

Some 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.

I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?

We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.

It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.

She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.

A dream you once were, A dream of all my realities, A dream I can no long strive forIn the wake of my manly betayals

I sometimes think that 'friend' is just a word I use for all the people I haven't murdered yet.

Desire filters toxins through my system at the sight and I lower again, shoving her against the padded wall to snake my tongue over the elixir of pain.

I just write what I think is funny. I don't care who watches it.

Life is one damned kitten after another." Mehitabel the Alley Cat

Casting is everything. I put a huge amount of work into casting, and consistently across my career, I am most proud of my bold choices I made in casting.

I took my kids everywhere. I didn't have money for child care, so I took them to college with me and they sat in the hallway.

The Lord looks on his servants with pity and not with blame. In God's sight we do not fall; in our sight, we do not stand. Both of these are true, but the deeper insight belongs to God.

The pressure to be timely with news has increased every year.

I know there is a moral to this story, but I don't know what it is.