Irwin Shaw Quotations

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.

I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.

A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.