In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices.
Irwin Shaw
A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans.
In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever.
The writer works in a lonely way.
You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
I'm a very lucky man. It's a beautiful thing for a writer, to see people allowing your words to enter their own unconscious and their souls.
Wallace Shawn
Every writer is a writer of the generation before.
Wilfrid Sheed
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