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
All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
A writer has to live with a sense of honor.
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.
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
Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.
You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer
My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me
I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young
I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it
My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have
I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written
I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
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.