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The shorter the book, the more turnover, or circulation, the adult books on the list tend to be shorter, such as 1984 and To Kill a Mockingbird. – Andrew Medlar	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We talked backstage after I saw Jeff Daniels in' To Kill a Mockingbird' on Broadway, and I knew I was looking at the only person who could play Patrice Comey, lucky for me, Jeff Daniels said yes. – Billy Ray	Found on CNN 4 years ago
She has a Billy goat brain and a mockingbird mouth! – Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy	added by anonymous 5 years ago
I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird,' i didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of reviewers, but at the same time I sort of hoped that maybe someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. Public encouragement. I hoped for a little, as I said, but I got rather a whole lot, and in some ways this was just about as frightening as the quick, merciful death I'd expected. – Harper Lee	Found on CNN 8 years ago
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. – Harper Lee	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I know there’s another novel because( Lee’s sister) Louise told me there was, she said Nelle( Harper Lee) worked on Auburn University for years, Auburn University was a finished work and she said Auburn University was better than' To Kill a Mockingbird.'. – Wayne Flynt	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think it's so timely for right now. 'Mockingbird' came at a perfect time for our country. It allowed us the ability to discuss subjects rationally and intelligently without getting way up here, and now that things are way up here with our country, I think this will help a lot. – Mary Badham	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Her sister, Louise Conner, told me and my wife that she (Lee) finished the novel sitting at her dining room table in Eufaula, Alabama. Louise said she read it and it was far better than 'To Kill a Mockingbird' or 'In Cold Blood,' somewhere out there at least one person, her sister, says there was a book far superior to either one of those classic books. – Wayne Flynt	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Was it an earlier draft of 'Watchman,' or of 'Mockingbird,' or even, as early correspondence indicates it might be, a third book bridging the two? I don't know. – Tonja Carter	Found on CNN 8 years ago
To Kill a Mockingbird. – The Times	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There will inevitably be speculation regarding Harper Lee as she has lived a very private life, she was genuinely surprised at the discovery of the manuscript but delighted by the suggestion to publish what she considers to be the 'parent' to 'Mockingbird.' I met with her last autumn and again over two days in January; she was in great spirits and increasingly excited at the prospect of this novel finally seeing the light of day. – Andrew Nurnberg	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Scout, Atticus Boo : A Celebration of 50 Years of' To Kill a Mockingbird,' i haven't spoken to Harper Lee directly about this. And not many people have, except for Harper Lee agent and lawyer. – Harper Lee	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
There will inevitably be speculation regarding Harper Lee as Harper Lee has lived a very private life, she was genuinely surprised at the discovery of the manuscript but delighted by the suggestion to publish what she considers to be the' parent' to' Mockingbird.' I met with her last autumn and again over two days in January ; she was in great spirits and increasingly excited at the prospect of this novel finally seeing the light of day. – Andrew Nurnberg	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
In the mid-1950s, I completed a novel called' Go Set a Watchman,' it features the character known as Scout as an adult woman, and I thought it a pretty decent effort. My editor, who was taken by the flashbacks to Scout's childhood, persuaded me to write a novel( what became' To Kill a Mockingbird') from the point of view of the young Scout. – Harper Lee	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Our main street director told me and she had heard it from the book store. It's definitely great news, everyone has always speculated about a second book. Everyone who read(' Mockingbird') has said,' Oh I wish she had written another book.' It's good for Monroeville. Her book brings people here every day. – Harper Lee	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The existence of' Go Set a Watchman' was unknown until recently, and its discovery is an extraordinary gift to the many readers and fans of' To Kill a Mockingbird,' reading in many ways like a sequel to Harper Lee's classic novel, it is a compelling and ultimately moving narrative about a father and a daughter's relationship, and the life of a small Alabama town living through the racial tensions of the 1950s. – Jonathan Burnham	Found on CNN 9 years ago

The shorter the book, the more turnover, or circulation, the adult books on the list tend to be shorter, such as 1984 and To Kill a Mockingbird.

– Andrew Medlar

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We talked backstage after I saw Jeff Daniels in' To Kill a Mockingbird' on Broadway, and I knew I was looking at the only person who could play Patrice Comey, lucky for me, Jeff Daniels said yes.

– Billy Ray

Found on CNN
4 years ago

She has a Billy goat brain and a mockingbird mouth!

– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy

added by anonymous
5 years ago

I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird,' i didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of reviewers, but at the same time I sort of hoped that maybe someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. Public encouragement. I hoped for a little, as I said, but I got rather a whole lot, and in some ways this was just about as frightening as the quick, merciful death I'd expected.

– Harper Lee

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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.

– Harper Lee

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I know there’s another novel because( Lee’s sister) Louise told me there was, she said Nelle( Harper Lee) worked on Auburn University for years, Auburn University was a finished work and she said Auburn University was better than' To Kill a Mockingbird.'.

– Wayne Flynt

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think it's so timely for right now. 'Mockingbird' came at a perfect time for our country. It allowed us the ability to discuss subjects rationally and intelligently without getting way up here, and now that things are way up here with our country, I think this will help a lot.

– Mary Badham

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Her sister, Louise Conner, told me and my wife that she (Lee) finished the novel sitting at her dining room table in Eufaula, Alabama. Louise said she read it and it was far better than 'To Kill a Mockingbird' or 'In Cold Blood,' somewhere out there at least one person, her sister, says there was a book far superior to either one of those classic books.

– Wayne Flynt

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Was it an earlier draft of 'Watchman,' or of 'Mockingbird,' or even, as early correspondence indicates it might be, a third book bridging the two? I don't know.

– Tonja Carter

Found on CNN
8 years ago

To Kill a Mockingbird.

– The Times

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There will inevitably be speculation regarding Harper Lee as she has lived a very private life, she was genuinely surprised at the discovery of the manuscript but delighted by the suggestion to publish what she considers to be the 'parent' to 'Mockingbird.' I met with her last autumn and again over two days in January; she was in great spirits and increasingly excited at the prospect of this novel finally seeing the light of day.

– Andrew Nurnberg

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Scout, Atticus Boo : A Celebration of 50 Years of' To Kill a Mockingbird,' i haven't spoken to Harper Lee directly about this. And not many people have, except for Harper Lee agent and lawyer.

– Harper Lee

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

There will inevitably be speculation regarding Harper Lee as Harper Lee has lived a very private life, she was genuinely surprised at the discovery of the manuscript but delighted by the suggestion to publish what she considers to be the' parent' to' Mockingbird.' I met with her last autumn and again over two days in January ; she was in great spirits and increasingly excited at the prospect of this novel finally seeing the light of day.

– Andrew Nurnberg

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

In the mid-1950s, I completed a novel called' Go Set a Watchman,' it features the character known as Scout as an adult woman, and I thought it a pretty decent effort. My editor, who was taken by the flashbacks to Scout's childhood, persuaded me to write a novel( what became' To Kill a Mockingbird') from the point of view of the young Scout.

– Harper Lee

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Our main street director told me and she had heard it from the book store. It's definitely great news, everyone has always speculated about a second book. Everyone who read(' Mockingbird') has said,' Oh I wish she had written another book.' It's good for Monroeville. Her book brings people here every day.

– Harper Lee

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The existence of' Go Set a Watchman' was unknown until recently, and its discovery is an extraordinary gift to the many readers and fans of' To Kill a Mockingbird,' reading in many ways like a sequel to Harper Lee's classic novel, it is a compelling and ultimately moving narrative about a father and a daughter's relationship, and the life of a small Alabama town living through the racial tensions of the 1950s.

– Jonathan Burnham

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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