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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: "No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys..."
No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews..."
All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one. Irwin Shaw
Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own. Irwin Shaw
Horror would not annoy a soldier any more than the sight of a hammer annoys a carpenter. It is sentimental to pretend that horror is not the tool of the soldier, just as the hammer is the tool of the carpenter. We live off death and the threat of death and we must take it calmly and use it well.... Eventually I came to enjoy killing, as a pianist enjoys the Czerny which keeps his fingers limber for the Beethoven. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark..."
People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "The writer works in a lonely way."
The writer works in a lonely way. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English...."
Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity..."
You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get..."
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
Irwin Shaw quote: "In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist...."
In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "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
Irwin Shaw quote: "I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to..."
I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't..."
The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an..."
Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy. Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw quote: "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

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