My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. Why do kids play football? They can get hurt on any play, can't they? Yet they can't wait until Satur… - Irwin Shaw
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. Why do kids play football? They can get hurt on any play, can't they? Yet they can't wait until Satur…
- Irwin Shaw
I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various - Irwin Shaw
I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it. - Irwin Shaw
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.
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… - Irwin Shaw
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…
People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly. - Irwin Shaw
People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly.
I look at everything. God gave me eyes and I look at women and men and subway excavations and moving pictures and the little flowers of the field. I … - Irwin Shaw
I look at everything. God gave me eyes and I look at women and men and subway excavations and moving pictures and the little flowers of the field. I …
I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it - Irwin Shaw
I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it
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
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.
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 ti… - 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 ti…
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