Irwin Shaw Quotes

Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing.

Irwin Shaw

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WritingYouPlayWhyReasonPlaying

Historically, there has been a bull market in commodities every 20 or 30 years.

Jim Rogers

BullYearsBull MarketMarketBeen

It's a wonderful time when you sit down around the table for dinner and discuss life. No matter where you are, it gives the semblance of normalcy to my crazy world.

Melina Kanakaredes

LifeTimeCrazyDinnerWorldYou

To be able to communicate with people on the other side of the globe is interesting, in an instant.

John Cho

PeopleInterestingSideAbleGlobe

No one who has lived even for a fleeting moment for something other than life in its conventional sense and has experienced the exaltation that this feeling produces can then renounce his new freedom so easily.

Andre Breton

LifeFreedomMomentFeelingNew

Sometimes people look to others for answers they can find within themselves. I don't really want the responsibility of being the guy they look to.

Matthew Fox

ResponsibilityPeopleLookFindWant

I think I started realizing I was losing my hair when I was in Illinois. And it was traumatic. It was not something I had figured on in my life.

Stephen Tobolowsky

LifeLosingHairThinkMy Life

Every time I step out there in the Octagon, I aim to do Australia proud. And this isn't for popularity or a fan base; it has never been for that. It's just because I love my country, and I want to show the world what we're doing down here.

Robert Whittaker

LoveTimeStepWorldProudDoing

The reality, I believe, is that all change starts small. The big picture is just too unwieldy, too incomprehensible and seemingly immovable. But give us something individual, quantifiable and personalize-able and, suddenly, our perspective shifts to the one.

Mick Ebeling

ChangePerspectiveSmallBelieveBig

Temerity is not always successful.

Livy

AlwaysSuccessful

A lot of people stop me to say nice things about 'The West Wing,' nice things about 'Sports Night' - so many people that I'm like, 'Where were you when it was on?'

Joshua Malina

MeHatesJon

All my records and videos were groundbreaking.

DJ Khaled

VideosRecordsWere

I always feel that if you're going to cover a song, you should make it your own and flip it on its head.

Chris Stapleton

SongFeelYouAlwaysHeadOwn

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