All reviews should carry a Surgeon General's warning. The good ones turn your head, the bad ones break your heart. — David Ives Copy Share Image
The best advice I can give to any aspiring author is to write every single day. Work at the craft of writing.… — Andrea Davis Pinkney Copy Share Image
To clothe the fiery thought In simple words succeeds, For still the craft of genius is To mask a king in weeds. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing any artist can do is to constantly push themselves and improve their craft. — Ami Vitale Copy Share Image
When you have somebody who takes their craft seriously, you don't have to babysit them and be there all the time. — Adrian Marcel Copy Share Image
Change itself is what fascinates me. I am drawn, as a moth to the flame, by edge situations, by situations of metamorphosis. — Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
I like doing arts and crafts, so I would probably go to one of those fun little ceramic places and go paint… — Christina Milian Copy Share Image
I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, if I can say that I had a career where I was able to play all… — Adepero Oduye Copy Share Image
A good play is a good play. If you want to chalk up your rejection letters to the fact that you're a… — Jane Anderson Copy Share Image
I think in this country we're committed to developing plays, and many plays I've seen have been rewritten too much. The scenes… — A. R. Gurney Copy Share Image
I see something, find it marvelous, want to try and do it. Whether it fails or whether it comes off in the… — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
We have to think about affirmative action and craft it in such a way where some of our children, who are advantaged,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It takes an awful lot of time for me to write anything. I have endless drafts, one after another; and I try… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
I just know that sameness, repetition, and conceptualizing are the acting craft's adversaries, and it seems more intelligent to start off within… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Imaginative writing has always been a solitary and indeed a somewhat antisocial activity. Apprenticeship existed, no doubt, but it was an apprenticeship… — Madison Smartt Bell Copy Share Image
. . . I do think that deep down, a lot of my work is about people trying to make reasonable accommodations… — David Rabe Copy Share Image
This element of surprise or mystery - the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called - is of great importance… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a… — James Dean Copy Share Image
The funniest novel you've never read. . . . Afternoon Men is a revelation to sophisticated readers of every stripe, but especially… — Blake Bailey Copy Share Image
Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
The only good grades I ever got in school before I was kicked out were for creative writing. I thought that fiction… — Rick Springfield Copy Share Image
Learn punctuation; it is your little drum set, one of the few tools oyu have to signal the reader where the beats… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
When do I say No? I say No when I feel that the intention of the play, or the spirit, or tone… — Lisa Loomer Copy Share Image
Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever… — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love… — Anthony Mackie Copy Share Image
Teachers craft classrooms that are good matches for their teaching styles as well as for learner needs. — Carol Ann Tomlinson Copy Share Image
It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest… — Dirk Benedict Copy Share Image
People think I write fantasy, but I don't. Some things may be exaggerated or distorted, but they're realistic figures. . . .… — Joe Orton Copy Share Image
I like to make things, but I looked at old craft books on weaving or mosaics or whatever, I'm like, 'I don't… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
Isn't today a day to devote to craft? Isn't tomorrow? Isn't every day, routinely, until the end of time? — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
I don't approach my acting as just saying a few lines and then going off-screen. It's a craft. I really invest in… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
Sense of self, and the way one shares it, is perhaps the most valuable and poetic gift in the arsenal of one's… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I'm doing. I feel… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
Work at your craft, write daily, and follow your dreams because dreams do come true. — Christopher Paul Curtis Copy Share Image
The industry is littered with self-styled purists who believe the business of media.. the requirement to make a profit.. somehow corrupts the… — Lachlan Murdoch Copy Share Image
Learn from your rejections and polish your craft. Write for the sheer joy of being creative. — Jonathan Weeks Copy Share Image
The fear of a work becoming dated is one of the most effective tools for keeping people from writing political work. — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
My only goal is to stay focused on my craft and make sure my life is as sharp as it can be… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history. — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
