Quote of the day
We must have religion for religion's sake, morality for morality's sake, as with art for art's sake…the beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.
Irwin Shaw
Born: February 27, 1913
Died: May 16, 1984 (aged 71)
Bio: Irwin Shaw was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies.
Known for:
- Rich Man, Poor Man (1970)
- The Young Lions (1948)
- Lucy Crown (1956)
- Beggarman, Thief (1978)
- Nightwork: A Novel (1975)







