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. - Irwin Shaw

The writer works in a lonely way. - Irwin Shaw

The theater went from just weekend shows to Wednesday and Thursday also. - 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

The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out. - Irwin Shaw

The idea behind that was to encourage regular attendance. - Irwin Shaw

The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves. - 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

Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody. - Irwin Shaw

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