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But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with...

But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with...

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 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 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...

I never cared what kind of grade I got.

I never cared what kind of grade I got.

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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,...

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....

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...

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...

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've never shown anybody a draft of anything.

I've never shown anybody a draft of anything.

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,...

Longevity conquers scandal every time.

Longevity conquers scandal every time.