All Irwin Shaw Quotes
All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
Irwin Shaw
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In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices.
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An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.
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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
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves.
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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.
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I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.
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Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing.
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Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life.
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At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded.
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A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.
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Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.
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