Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shawwas a prolific American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions, about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man, about the fate of three siblings after World War II, that was made into a popular miniseries starring...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth27 February 1913
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The theater went from just weekend shows to Wednesday and Thursday also,
A lot of people have neat memories of here that add to the enjoyment of what they're coming to see,
They do an excellent job, ... They really care about it and look into it.
That, I think, is when things really took off, ... More and more people were buying the passes.
A writer has to live with a sense of honor.
The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
You go to the multiplex and you don't see anyone you know, ... invariably you see someone you know. It's like old home week.
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.
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.
If football players were armed with guns, there wouldn't be stadiums large enough to hold the crowds.
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.
I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.
In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75
I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various