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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

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

— Irwin Shaw

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I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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

— Irwin Shaw

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I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship. ↗

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

— Irwin Shaw

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

— Irwin Shaw

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