I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans.

Quote by Irwin Shaw

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

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

Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their...

Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their...

The writer works in a lonely way.

The writer works in a lonely way.

I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young.

I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young.

My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice...

My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice...

It's those damn critics again.

It's those damn critics again.

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.

I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it.

I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it.

Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously,...

Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously,...

At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded.

At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded.

I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but...

I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but...

Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be...

Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be...

An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the...

An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the...

Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly...

Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly...

A writer has to live with a sense of honor.

A writer has to live with a sense of honor.

Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.

Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.

The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves.

The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves.

A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.

A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.

In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk...

In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk...