#rite

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#europe #improve #supposed #until #up

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

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

— Irwin Shaw

#born #english #isaac #poland #singer

No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#even #feel #get #himself #need

The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#care #great #just #kept #out

The writer works in a lonely way. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#way #works #writer

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 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