“I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.”
— Shelby Foote
Author: Shelby Foote
Category: great
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I began the way nearly everybody I
“I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of – I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers, their trying their hand at poetry.”
— Shelby Foote
Author: Shelby Foote
Category: poetry
Tags: poetry, Shelby Foote
I used to write sonnets and various
“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
Author: Shelby Foote
Category: poetry
Tags: poetry, Shelby Foote