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An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#absolutely #almost #both #equipment #hands

Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#deal #did #ernest #ernest hemingway #figure

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

— Irwin Shaw

#different #even #every #might #novelist

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

— Irwin Shaw

#anything #finished #i #never #show

In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#artist #doomed #example #feeling #fitzgerald

Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#born #english #isaac #poland #singer

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

#dwindled #early #great #i #magazines

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

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

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#audience #band #cemented #felt #front