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,
I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.
Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form
Horror would not annoy a soldier any more than the sight of a hammer annoys a carpenter. It is sentimental to pretend that horror is not the tool of the soldier, just as the hammer is the tool of the carpenter. We live off death and the threat of death and we must take it calmly and use it well.... Eventually I came to enjoy killing, as a pianist enjoys the Czerny which keeps his fingers limber for the Beethoven.
All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.
My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me
My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have
You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer
What do I care for the colored pins on a General's map? It's not a fair bargain--this exchange of my life for a small part of a colored pin