Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Every novelist has a different purpose-and often several purposes which might even be contradictory. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. Why do kids play football? They can get hurt on any play, can't they?… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
“No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys the writing, even if he doesn’t get paid for it.” — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
“The world," said Pavone, "will swing to the left. The whole world except America. The world will swing, not because people read Karl Marx,… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share
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… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share
Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share
I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various — Irwin Shaw Copy Share
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. Why do kids play football? They can get hurt on any play, can't they? Yet they… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share
“This time it is not a simple, understandable war, within the same culture. This time it is an assault of the animal world upon… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share
A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share
“The abuse of alcohol,” Mr. Parrish said in a solemn, preacher-like voice, as he reached for his glass, “is the one thing that puts… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share
Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share
