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

— Irwin Shaw

#different #even #every #might #novelist

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

— Irwin Shaw

#i #reach #readers #regardless #written

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

— Irwin Shaw

#cord #cut #own #talk #theater

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

— Irwin Shaw

#almost #always #best #last #left

You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#expect #popularity #writer #you

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. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#chance #expensive #fortune #getting #giving

Each time that you're playing a character, it's hard to pick a favorite. ↗

— Lindsey Shaw

#each #favorite #hard #pick #playing

I used to be and I still am into psychology. I would like to be able to pursue something like that, but I don't know. The older I've gotten, the more endearing this business has become and I can't really imagine leaving it. ↗

— Lindsey Shaw

#am #become #business #endearing #gotten

Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#band #because #buy #cheaper #club

I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#i #much #out #road #tour