#writ

All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#bad one #forget #good #remember #reviews

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

Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#curiously #full #life #states #their

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

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

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

— Irwin Shaw

#i #reach #readers #regardless #written

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

— Irwin Shaw

#apprenticeship #enough #kind #marvelous #period

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