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I am forced to say that I hav...

I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

My views naturally have mello...

My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me.

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In a novel, it's hard to keep...

In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody.

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I haven't stuck to any formul...

I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various.

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I'm not as hopeful as I was w...

I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young.

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At the height of the McCarthy...

At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded.

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There are too many books I ha...

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.

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The romantic idea is that eve...

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.

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In Europe, a writer is suppos...

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.

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When I started out in the ear...

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.

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I never show anything to anyb...

I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it.

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Isaac Singer was born in Pola...

Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.

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No writer need feel sorry for...

No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.

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Writers of fiction, when they...

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

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I never drink while I'm worki...

I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.

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An absolutely necessary part ...

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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My favorite short-story write...

My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever.

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In the theater, characters ha...

In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices.

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If you're young enough, any k...

If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship.

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You must avoid giving hostage...

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 50 quotes

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