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Irwin Shaw Quotes

Irwin Shaw quotes

American Novelist, Writer February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984

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Irwin Shaw quote: "Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one..."
Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal..."
Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life. Irwin Shaw
The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all..."
My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have. Irwin Shaw
This time it is not a simple, understandable war, within the same culture. This time it is an assault of the animal world upon the house of the human being. I don’t know what you saw in Africa and Italy, but I know what I saw in Russia and Poland. We made a cemetery a thousand miles long and a thousand miles wide. Men, women, children, Poles, Russians, Jews, it made no difference. It could not be compared to any human action. It could be compared to a weasel in a henhouse. It was as though we... Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short..."
If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have..."
My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about,..."
The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out. Irwin Shaw
You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish. Irwin Shaw
Now,' Elias said, 'if only I didn't have to go home to my lousy wife. I married her in 1929. A lot of things've changed since 1929.' He sighed. 'What's a woman?' he asked. 'A Woman is a trap. Irwin Shaw
When I started out in the early 1930s, there were a great many magazines that published short stories. Unfortunately, the short-story market has dwindled to almost nothing. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I..."
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
Irwin Shaw quote: "A good editor understands what you're talking and writing..."
A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get..."
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try..."
Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form. Irwin Shaw

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