A Quote by Jason Reynolds

'To Kill a Mockingbird' wasn't about me.

Jason Reynolds

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Jason Reynolds
American - Author
Born: December 6, 1983

I first read Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' as a teen in school, like you did. I read the book alone, eating lunch at my locker, neatly scored oranges my mother divided into five lines with a circle at the top, so my fingers could dig more easily into the orange skin. To this day, the smell of oranges reminds me of 'Mockingbird.'

Margaret Stohl

As a matter of fact, I constantly tell audiences all over the world that the single greatest icon of American culture from the publication of "To Kill A Mockingbird" was that novel so that if we say, what conversation can we have that would lead us on a road of tolerance, and teachers have decided that if you're going to teach values in a school in America, the answer that American teachers at all kinds of schools have come up with, just let Harper Lee teach "To Kill A Mockingbird." And then all the teacher has to do is stand back and guide the discussion.

Wayne Flynt

To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favourite novels, my mum brought me up reading it, and it never fails to move me.

Jessica Marais

I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

Harper Lee

In 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' I was just playing and having a good time.

Mary Badham

When I read 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' I was so struck by the universality of small towns.

Tom Brokaw

I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.

Nancy Grace

To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.

Stephen Chbosky

When I was sixteen, I borrowed a copy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' from the mobile library. Democrats and Republicans were standing for very different principles, and I could see which side was going to represent me.

James Carville

I would have loved to play Atticus in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' There's no music in it, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't want to do it!

Keala Settle

Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

Harper Lee

I remember reading To Kill A Mockingbird when I was 12. What I liked about it is that it was all seen through a child's eyes. It was Harper Lee going back and writing it from the way a child would see those things.

Mara Wilson

Like Scout and her father in To Kill a Mockingbird, my father would pull me onto his lap each night in our four-room apartment and read aloud.

Jim Trelease

I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether 'To Kill A Mockingbird' or 'The Lovely Bones;' violence is a way to open up that information you want to get out to the reader.