#mos

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

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

— Irwin Shaw

#formula #great #haven #i #more

My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#critics #less #me #more #more or less

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

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

It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head. I think most people have original music playing in their heads from time to time. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#attention #being #from time to time #head #heads

First off, we've had sworn testimony from soldiers and testimony before our staff that wasn't sworn, that said these alarms rarely went off, that they went off after the war in most cases and went off a lot. ↗

— Christopher Shays

#before #cases #first #had #lot

Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its founder, Ignatius Loyola. ↗

— Robert Shea

#consciously #founder #history #indeed #influential

Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that the tempos were going to go from slow to almost mid-tempo. ↗

— Jules Shear

#acoustic guitar #almost #around #based #beginning

I think it was Duke Ellington who once said that we're always most pleased with our current record. I mean, you have to assume that you learn from one, and you do something better next time. ↗

— George Shearing

#assume #better #current #duke #duke ellington