Irwin Shaw

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

— Irwin Shaw

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People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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

— Irwin Shaw

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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. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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The writer works in a lonely way. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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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. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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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

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

— Irwin Shaw

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

— Irwin Shaw

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