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Irwin Shaw quotes: I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans. I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans.
Irwin Shaw quotes: No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys the writing, even if he doesn't get paid for it. No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys the writing, even if he doesn't get paid for it.
Irwin Shaw quotes: It is always necessary to remain barbarians, because it is the barbarians who always win. It is always necessary to remain barbarians, because it is the barbarians who always win.
Irwin Shaw quotes: Our imperfections are the bonds that hold us together. We might as well recognize them. Our imperfections are the bonds that hold us together. We might as well recognize them.
Irwin Shaw quotes: In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that. In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.
Irwin Shaw quotes: I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written. I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
Irwin Shaw quotes: Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory. Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.
Irwin Shaw quotes: Hazen had already begun to mix her a martini. She watched approvingly. "Martinis make everything worthwhile, don't they?" she said, smiling at Strand. Hazen had already begun to mix her a martini. She watched approvingly. "Martinis make everything worthwhile, don't they?" she said, smiling at Strand.
Irwin Shaw quotes: I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it. I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it.
Irwin Shaw quotes: I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel? I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
Irwin Shaw quotes: At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded. At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded.
Irwin Shaw quotes: There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough. There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough.
Irwin Shaw quotes: I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal. I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal.
Irwin Shaw quotes: He was an indifferent Christian but the afternoon called for gratitude and belief. He was an indifferent Christian but the afternoon called for gratitude and belief.
Irwin Shaw quotes: My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have. My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have.
Irwin Shaw quotes: The writer works in a lonely way. The writer works in a lonely way.
Irwin Shaw quotes: A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor. A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
Irwin Shaw quotes: Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life. Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life.
Irwin Shaw quotes: All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one. All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
Irwin Shaw quotes: If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship. If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship.
Irwin Shaw quotes: You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer. You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
Irwin Shaw quotes: In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices. In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices.
Irwin Shaw quotes: Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing. Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing.
Irwin Shaw quotes: I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself. I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.
Irwin Shaw quotes: I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it. I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it.
Irwin Shaw quotes: A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much. A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.
Irwin Shaw quotes: The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves. The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves.
Irwin Shaw quotes: A writer has to live with a sense of honor. A writer has to live with a sense of honor.
Irwin Shaw quotes: People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly. People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly.
Irwin Shaw quotes: In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75. In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
Irwin Shaw quotes: I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober. I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.
Irwin Shaw quotes: Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House. Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House.
Irwin Shaw quotes: I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young. I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young.
Irwin Shaw quotes: I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various. I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various.
Irwin Shaw quotes: Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy. Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy.
Irwin Shaw quotes: A taste of luxury is part of the education of any intelligent human being. It teaches him how unnecessary it is. A taste of luxury is part of the education of any intelligent human being. It teaches him how unnecessary it is.
Irwin Shaw quotes: Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all. Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all.
Irwin Shaw quotes: In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody. In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody.
Irwin Shaw quotes: Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it. Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.
Irwin Shaw quotes: The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out. The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
Irwin Shaw quotes: If the players were armed with guns, there wouldn't be stadiums large enough to hold the crowds. If the players were armed with guns, there wouldn't be stadiums large enough to hold the crowds.
Irwin Shaw quotes: Critics in New York are made by their dislikes, not by their enthusiasms. Critics in New York are made by their dislikes, not by their enthusiasms.
Irwin Shaw quotes: Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American. Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.
Irwin Shaw quotes: Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody. Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody.
Irwin Shaw quotes: My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me. My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me.
Irwin Shaw quotes: My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever. My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever.
Irwin Shaw quotes: Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form. Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form.

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