I've never shown anybody a draft of anything.

Quote by Shelby Foote

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I never cared what kind of grade I got.

I never cared what kind of grade I got.

And I'm a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the...

And I'm a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the...

I don't want anything to do with anything mechanical between me and the paper, including...

I don't want anything to do with anything mechanical between me and the paper, including...

Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves.

Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves.

Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about...

Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about...

I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to...

I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to...

And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to...

And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to...

I'm crazy about Grant: his character, his nature, his science in fighting and everything else....

I'm crazy about Grant: his character, his nature, his science in fighting and everything else....

I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and...

I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and...

Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In...

Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In...

I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry....

I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry....

I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose,...

I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose,...

My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into...

My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into...

If you want to study writing, read Dickens. That's how to study writing, or Faulkner,...

If you want to study writing, read Dickens. That's how to study writing, or Faulkner,...

I ran into Ku Klux Klan and the threat of hurricanes, and those two things...

I ran into Ku Klux Klan and the threat of hurricanes, and those two things...

I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity...

I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity...

I prize the Depression, for instance, because I learned the value of things in the...

I prize the Depression, for instance, because I learned the value of things in the...

Longevity conquers scandal every time.

Longevity conquers scandal every time.

When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that...

When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that...