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Irwin Shaw
American Novelist
Born: Feb 27, 1913
Died: May 16, 1984
Critics Great Writer Writers Writing You
Related authors: Elie Wiesel Ernest Hemingway H. P. Lovecraft James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Nathaniel Hawthorne Richard Bach
A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor. Irwin Shaw
Human Being Honor Sense Live Writer He Human Being
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
World Punishment Out Ability Both Absolutely Writer He Part Almost Talent Himself Equipment Up Hands Stand Stand Up Necessary
Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory. Irwin Shaw
Every Several Purpose Purposes Contradictory Often Different Which Might Even Novelist
I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself. Irwin Shaw
Myself Say Critics Forced Am Than Many
It's those damn critics again. Irwin Shaw
Damn Those Critics Again
I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written. Irwin Shaw
Critics Written Reach Readers Regardless
The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises. Irwin Shaw
Family Humanity Citizen Nation Think Everybody Must Some Compromises Writer He Part Idea Talent Make Around His May Romantic Suffer
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
Great Nothing Market Out Magazines Almost Almost Nothing Were Short Stories Short Stories Unfortunately Many Published Early Started
You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer. Irwin Shaw
You Writer Expect Achieved Popularity
If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship. Irwin Shaw
Time You Writing Young Enough Apprenticeship Kind Marvelous Period Any Short Short Period
I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal. Irwin Shaw
Complicated First Become Characters Would Would-Be More Normal Began Than Which Much Imagine
I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young. Irwin Shaw
Young Hopeful
At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded. Irwin Shaw
Writers Period Were Being McCarthy Height
Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy. Irwin Shaw
Great Great Deal Writer He Toward Obviously Acceptable Deal Making Ernest Hemingway Sissy Did Public Public Figure Figure Hemingway
I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans. Irwin Shaw
Think Freak Writer American Regarded
Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American. Irwin Shaw
Born Write He Poland Singer Isaac Still American English
Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all. Irwin Shaw
Life Work Big States Writers Curiously Full Who United United States
The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves. Irwin Shaw
Great Care Out Writers Repeated Just Them Themselves Bringing Kept
I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it. Irwin Shaw
Gone Believe Wagon Body
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
Me Glasses Few Would Drink Never Ideas Dead Occurred Get After While Sober Working
The writer works in a lonely way. Irwin Shaw
Lonely Way Writer Works
In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody. Irwin Shaw
Everybody Track Hard Novel Keep
The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out. Irwin Shaw
Best You Out Tell Paragraph About Almost Always Left Story Which Last
My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever. Irwin Shaw
Favorite John Writer
A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much. Irwin Shaw
Good You Writing Too Much Too About Talking Understands Editor Much Meddle
I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various. Irwin Shaw
Great Style More Various Stuck Writers Most Stick Same Any Wanted Formula
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