Irwin Shaw Quotes

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• Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form Begin
• My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever Cheever
• Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House Got Invited
• I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans Americans
• 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 find… Artistically
• I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal Began
• In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody Everybody
• My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me Been
• I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young Hopeful
• I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it Anybody
• My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have All
• I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written Critics
• You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer Achieved
• I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel? Cringe
• 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 can't… Any
• 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. Book
• I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself. Critics
• Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody. Everybody
• If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship. Any
• In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that. America

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