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

A rich man's war and a poor man's fight.

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

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.

The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things... It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads.

Writing is very hard work and knowing what you're doing the whole time.

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.