Of All The Passions Of Mankind, The

Most Of My Inspiration, If That's The Word, Came From Books Themselves.

Getting Close To Books, And Spending Time By Myself, I Was Obliged To Think About Things I Would Never Have Thought About If I Was Busy Romping Around With A Brother And Sister.

Of All The Passions Of Mankind, The Love Of Novelty Most Rules The Mind. In Search Of This, From Realm To Realm We Roam. Our Fleets Come Loaded With Every Folly Home.

A Combination Of All That Was Best In The Gladdest Days Of The Departing Year.

And I'm A Slow Writer: Five, Six Hundred Words Is A Good Day. That's The Reason It Took Me 20 Years To Write Those Million And A Half Words Of The Civil War.