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Irwin Shaw

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Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.


— Irwin Shaw


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


— Irwin Shaw


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


— Irwin Shaw


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I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans.


— Irwin Shaw


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


— Irwin Shaw


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


— Irwin Shaw


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


— Irwin Shaw


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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.


— Irwin Shaw


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I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it.


— Irwin Shaw


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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.


— Irwin Shaw


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His last two novels were Bread Upon the Waters (1981) and Acceptable Losses (1982). In 1950 Shaw wrote a book on Israel with photos by Robert Capa named Report on Israel. Novels
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Though Shaw's work received widespread critical acclaim the success of his commercial fiction ultimately diminiIrwin Shawd his literary reputation. Irwin Shaw (February 27 1913 – May 16 1984) was a prolific American playwright screenwriter novelist and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies.

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