“Demetrie came to wait on my grandmother in 1955 and stayed for 32 years. It was …” — Kathryn Stockett

I do wish that people talked about the subject of race, especially in the South.

I think if you're president, color goes away completely: you're president and it doesn't matter if you're white, green or purple.

It can be really powerful to write something when you're sad.

The first book you write because of the way it makes you feel. The second one you can't help but wonder how it's going to make the reader feel.