I Have Said What I Wanted To

Naturally, You Don't Sit Down In "white Hot Inspiration" And Write With A Burning Flame In Front Of You. But Since I Knew I Could Never Be Happy Being Anything But A Writer, And Mockingbird Put Itself Together For Me So Accommodatingly, I Kept At It Because I Knew It Had To Be My First Novel, For Better Or For Worse.

My Book Had A Universal Theme. It's Not A "racial" Novel. It Portrays An Aspect Of Civilization, Not Necessarily Southern Civilization.

When He Was Nearly Thirteen, My Brother Jem Got His Arm Badly Broken At The Elbow.

I Shall Never Marry, Atticus." "why?" "i Might Have Children.

...but Before I Can Live With Other Folks I've Got To Live With Myself.