Never, never, never on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to, was a tenet I absorbed with my baby food. Do it, and you'll often get an answer you don't want.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

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

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

Ask for God's grace, He freely gives, whoever ask.

We must heal this terminally ill world with love.

When he saw the vista of the street reflected in the mirror in which he was looking, he was terror stricken. He had the impression that the whole view had turned into eyes that reproached him.

I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up to a constitutional challenge.

We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.

You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgement of your existence.

I'm a big cardigan sweater guy.

At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching.

If I'm able to catch the screening, there's a point in the film where, like clockwork, a portion of the audience gets really emotional and begins to cry. And that's very difficult to make happen.

Satisfaction, even after one has dined well, is not so interesting and eager a feeling as hunger.