And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action.

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.

A combination of all that was best in the gladdest days of the departing year.

And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action.

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.

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

But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with all kinds of people of every nationality, every trade, every character and quality you can imagine, and that was a good experience.