Irwin Shaw Quotes

I Am Forced To Say That I Have Many Fiercer Critics Than Myself.

Isaac Singer Was Born In Poland And Doesn't Write In English. Still, He's An American.

My Attitudes Have Changed, But Somebody Would Have To Read All My Books To Find Out How They Have

In Europe, A Writer Is Supposed To Improve Up Until He's About 75

In America, We Have The Feeling Of The Doomed Young Artist. Fitzgerald Was The Great Example Of That.

Kennedy Was A Man Who Liked Writers And Even I Got Invited To The White House

At The Height Of The Mccarthy Period, Writers Were Being Hounded.

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.

You Have To Expect The Raps When You Have Achieved Popularity As A Writer

Writing Is Finally Play, And There's No Reason Why You Should Get Paid For Playing

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

Curiously, The United States Is Full Of Writers Who Have One Big Work In Their Life And That's All.