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

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

— Irwin Shaw

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

— Irwin Shaw

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The writer works in a lonely way. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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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