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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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

— Irwin Shaw

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

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

— Irwin Shaw

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I would love to have my own show, and whatever movies come up, that would be fun to do too. But I love TV, and I love the art of the half-hour sitcom. ↗

— Lindsey Shaw

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You know, I'm just grateful to be in this business and to be able to stay in it. ↗

— Lindsey Shaw

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