Irwin Shaw Quotes

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

You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer. - Irwin Shaw

You go to the multiplex and you don't see anyone you know... invariably you see someone you know. It's like old home week. - Irwin Shaw

Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it. - Irwin Shaw

Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing. - Irwin Shaw

Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life. - Irwin Shaw

Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form. - 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

What do I care for the colored pins on a General's map? It's not a fair bargain--this exchange of my life for a small part of a colored pin. - Irwin Shaw

They do an excellent job... They really care about it and look into it. - Irwin Shaw

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