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
They do an excellent job, ... They really care about it and look into it.
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,
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.
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.
If football players were armed with guns, there wouldn't be stadiums large enough to hold the crowds.
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
Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form
My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever
I look at everything. God gave me eyes and I look at women and men and subway excavations and moving pictures and the little flowers of the field. I casually inspect the universe.
Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy.
The writer works in a lonely way.