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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

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

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

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

My attitudes have changed, bu...

My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

Writing is finally play, and ...

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

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

I look at everything. God gav...

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 casually inspect the universe.

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

The last paragraph, in which ...

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

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

Writing for the theater, you ...

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

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Writing is like a contact spo...

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

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

I cringe when critics say I'm...

I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

The romantic idea is that ever...

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 America, we have the feelin...

In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

If football players were armed...

If football players were armed with guns, there wouldn't be stadiums large enough to hold the crowds.

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

I haven't stuck to any formula...

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

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

In Europe, a writer is suppose...

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

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

Writing is finally play, and t...

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

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

Ernest Hemingway did a great d...

Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy.

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

Curiously, the United States i...

Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all.

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A writer is a human being. He ...

A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

Horror would not annoy a soldi...

Horror would not annoy a soldier any more than the sight of a hammer annoys a carpenter. It is sentimental to pretend that horror is not the tool of the soldier, just as the hammer is the tool of the carpenter. We live off death and the threat of death and we must take it calmly and use it well.... Eventually I came to enjoy killing, as a pianist enjoys the Czerny which keeps his fingers limber for the Beethoven.

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

I look at everything. God gave...

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 casually inspect the universe.

Irwin Shaw 50 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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