The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves.
Irwin ShawIn America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.
Irwin ShawEvery novelist has a different purpose-and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.
Irwin ShawI never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.
Irwin ShawWriting is like a contact sport, like football. Why do kids play football? They can get hurt on any play, can't they? Yet they can't wait until Saturday comes around so they can play on the high school team, or the college team, and get smashed around. Writing is like that. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it!
Irwin Shaw