"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
About this Quote
Shelby Foote's quote speaks with the commonality of writers beginning by writing poetry. He suggests that it is a typical beginning point for writers, which it is something he himself experienced. This might be analyzed as a reminder to aiming writers that they are not alone in their journey, and that numerous have gone before them. It might also be viewed as a pointer to appreciate the charm of poetry, and to recognize its significance in the development of a writer. Foote's quote is a testimony to the power of poetry, and its capability to motivate and shape the minds of writers.
This quote is written / told by Shelby Foote between November 17, 1916 and June 27, 2005. He was a famous Author from USA.
The author also have 21 other quotes.
"We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry"
"Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me they're more visual than oral, and they almost really belong on the wall rather than in a book. I haven't the least idea of where poetry is going"
"I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it to a kind of mean that enables the most dubious practitioners to claim they are poets because they think, If the kind of thing Ginsberg does is poetry, I can do that"
