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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written. (Irwin Shaw)
Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form. View quote
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Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life. View quote
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I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young. View quote
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In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that. View quote
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Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American. View quote
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I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it. View quote
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In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody. View quote
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I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans. View quote
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Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all. View quote
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Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing. (Irwin Shaw)
Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House. View quote
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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 themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own. View quote
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer. View quote
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My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me. View quote
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75. View quote
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If football players were armed with guns, there wouldn't be stadiums large enough to hold the crowds. View quote
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No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid. View quote
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It's those damn critics again. View quote
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I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal. View quote
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The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves. (Irwin Shaw)
Critics in New York are made by their dislikes, not by their enthusiasms. View quote
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