Irwin Shaw Life Quotations

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

Writing 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!