Irwin Shaw

Quotes by Irwin Shaw

 

Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.

Irwin Shaw

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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

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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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