People want to know why the South is so interested in the Civil War. I had maybe, it's a rough guess, about… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
“In the old army there was a story that in his [Braxton Bragg] younger days, as a lieutenant commanding one of several… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
Before the war it was always the United States *are*, after the war it was the United States is... it made us… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
The point I would make is that the novelist and the historian are seeking the same thing: the truth – not a… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
As a Southerner I would have to say that one of the main importances of the War is that Southerners have a… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
“I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam.… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
“For my part I consider the central idea pervading this struggle is the necessity that is upon us of proving that popular government is… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
“He is the kind of person I should expect to rescue one from a mad dog at any risk but then insist on a… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
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… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
If you want to study writing, read Dickens. That's how to study writing, or Faulkner, or D.H. Lawrence, or John Keats. They can teach… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
I ran into Ku Klux Klan and the threat of hurricanes, and those two things made me decide not to build on the Alabama… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and ten years on the third volume. — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
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