114 Quotes by Irwin Shaw

He was an indifferent Christian but the afternoon called for gratitude and belief.

Now,′ Elias said, ‘if only I didn’t have to go home to my lousy wife. I married her in 1929. A lot of things’ve changed since 1929.’ He sighed. ‘What’s a woman?’ he asked. ‘A Woman is a trap.

In a novel, it’s hard to keep track of everybody.

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.

The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn’t care if they repeated themselves.

The modern world, he thought resentfully, prepares you very poorly for the tests it puts you to.

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.

It's those damn critics again.

I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young.