Irwin Shaw Quotes

Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form.

Irwin Shaw

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 27, 1913 - May 16, 1984

Topics

ShortTryMoreBeginFictionForm

Whenever I do my own makeup, I usually only do foundation, bronzer, and mascara.

Jessica Szohr

MakeupFoundationMy OwnOwnOnly

I admit that I look at my social media when I'm killing time, like on a plane and such. It's just less embarrassing getting caught on Twitter than getting caught playing Candy Crush.

Anna Kendrick

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National parks are cathedrals of spirituality and emotion, and unfortunately, they are being loved to death by many of the same people who enjoy them the most.

Michael Frome

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Quitting because you don't want to be uncomfortable will prevent you from growing.

Amy Morin

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I can't sum up my books. They're all rather complicated. Sometimes I think they're too complicated. But that's the way I am. When I start to write a book, my head gets full of all kinds of detail.

Ruth Rendell

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I have no unhappy memories of my childhood.

Louise Wilson

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'Spinal Tap' is interesting because it created a genre of film and ended it - all in one motion. If you do a mockumentary, you are always going to be compared with that film, and you are never going to be as funny.

Jay Chandrasekhar

FunnyInterestingYouNeverAlways

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.

Dolly Parton

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People understand that Trump is a born leader.

Corey Lewandowski

LeaderPeopleBornUnderstandTrump

To be weighed down by things - books, furniture - seems somehow terrible to me.

Claire Messud

MeFurnitureDownThingsTerrible

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.

Bruce Springsteen

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You see a woman, 22 years old, going out with a guy over 60 - and it's kind of natural. But if it happens in the opposite direction everyone says, 'What is going on there?'

Antonio Banderas

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