My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me.
More Quotes from Irwin Shaw:
I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.Irwin Shaw
A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.
Irwin Shaw
At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded.
Irwin Shaw
Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form.
Irwin Shaw
My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever.
Irwin Shaw
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.
Irwin Shaw
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Criticism QuotesBased on Keywords: mellowed
We started training a month before the movie started and then by five months in, we were at our peak shape.
Ryan Reynolds
That incident ruined my reputation for 10 years. Get one Beatle drunk and look what happens!
Harry Nilsson
I really believe in myself. I'm the hardest worker I know, and one of the best songwriters. There's a craft to it, and it takes a long time to hone it, and I work really hard at it.
Arthur Godfrey