Sometimes It’s Better To Bend The Law

Nothing Is More Deadly Than A Deserted, Waiting Street.

People Who Write For Reward By Way Of Recognition Or Monetary Gain Don't Know What They're Doing. They're In The Category Of Those Who Write; They Are Not Writers. Writing Is Simply Something You Must Do. It's Rather Like Virtue In That It Is Its Own Reward. Writing Is Selfish And Contradictory In Its Terms. First Of All, You're Writing For An Audience Of One, You Must Please The One Person You're Writing For. Yourself.

I'm No Idealist To Believe Firmly In The Integrity Of Our Courts And In The Jury System -- That Is No Ideal To Me, It Is A Living, Working Reality. Gentlemen, A Court Is No Better Than Each Man Of You Sitting Before Me On This Jury. A Court Is Only As Sound As Its Jury, And A Jury Is Only As Sound As The Men Who Make It Up.

Any Writer Worth His Salt Writes To Please Himself.

About Your Writing With You Left Hand, Are You Ambidextrous, Mr. Ewell?" "i Most Positively Am Not, I Can Use One Hand Good As The Other. One Hand Good As The Other.