Irwin Shaw Quotes

Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life.

Irwin Shaw

Quotes to Explore

Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- Life
- Remember
- Change
Writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was a fun exercise in mixing just the right amount of the Bard with just the right amount of everyone's favorite galaxy far, far away.

Ian Doescher
- Writing
- Fun
- Star
Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it becomes part of the texture of the play. For a writer, that's thrilling. That's when my pen flies.

Laura Wade
- Writing
- Fun
- Language
I don't have any office; I can write everywhere. So, I put a piece of paper on the table, and then I travel. Literally, writing for me is like travelling. It's getting out of myself and living another life - maybe a better life.

J. M. G. Le Clezio
- Life
- Writing
- Myself
When you put the pressure on yourself, it's not good. If you fight afraid to lose, you wind up not fighting that good.

Rafael dos Anjos
- Up
- Good
- Fighting
My own writing has perhaps more of an American flavor than a British one, but that's because the stories I've so far written have needed it. 'Empire State,' 'Seven Wonders' and 'The Age Atomic' are all very place-centric, where the setting itself is almost a character. But there is a universality to story that isn't just limited to science fiction.

Adam Christopher