Shiloh is a wonderfully dramatic battle. The leader of one side is killed, and the other one is going on to glory, and it was the first great battle. It lasted two days. Shelby Foote battledaydramatic Change image and share on social
I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and ten years on the third volume. Shelby Foote tenvolumeyear Change image and share on social
Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about if I was busy romping around with a brother and sister. Shelby Foote bookbrotherbusy Change image and share on social
I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally, is a lot more interesting than poetry, including the rhythms of prose. Shelby Foote incidentallyincludeinterest Change image and share on social
I prize the Depression, for instance, because I learned the value of things in the Depression that a way people who don't have to worry about such things never learned to prize it really, I believe. Shelby Foote depressioninstancelearn Change image and share on social
But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with all kinds of people of every nationality, every trade, every character and quality you can imagine, and that was a good experience. Shelby Foote armybarrackcharacter share on social
I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making you what you are. If you don't experience either one of those, you're being deprived of something. Shelby Foote adversitycontributedeprive share on social
Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves. Shelby Foote bookinspirationword Change image and share on social
And I'm a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the reason it took me 20 years to write those million and a half words of the Civil War. Shelby Foote civildaygood Change image and share on social
I don't want anything to do with anything mechanical between me and the paper, including a typewriter, and I don't even want a fountain pen between me and the paper. Shelby Foote fountainincludemechanical Change image and share on social
