The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I focus on working on my craft and the rest will take care of itself. — Pascal Siakam Copy Share Image
“To make the world. To make it again and again. To make it in the very maelstrom of its undoing.” — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Hands can cook, hands can create, hands can kill. There is no better tool than our hands.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Remember if you write, write, write, you can never be wrong."---Stephanie Skeem Author of Flotsam” — Stephanie Skeem Copy Share Image
Without craft, art remains private. Without art, craft is merely hackwork. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
It takes most of us a long time to learn our craft. So keep at it. Don't give up. — Jacqueline Briskin Copy Share Image
“Some stories have to be written because no one would believe the absurdity of it all.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Growing up, my mom was a stay-at-home mom. I knew that her entire world revolved around us, and she relished being involved… — Marcela Valladolid Copy Share Image
I use a stream-of-consciousness approach; if you don't censor yourself, you end up with what you're most concerned about, but you haven't… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
We had to depend on other institutions to do research on our behalf. We had to use the information that already existed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“An unedited manuscript is a first draft of story; but is not a finished product. Too many writers study the craft of… — Michael J. Kannengieser Copy Share Image
There are so many people who want to be the next person on 'Home and Away,' or they just want to be… — Gillian Alexy Copy Share Image
“In working-class France, when an apprentice got hurt, or when he got tired, the experienced workers said "It is the trade entering… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I don't assume, because I can write screenplays, that I know how to write a novel. It's a very different world. There's… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I've read probably 25 or 30 books by Balzac, all of Tolstoy - the novels and letters - and all of Dickens.… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, hand-production methods were abundant. Craft defined everything. The craftsman had an almost phenomenological knowledge of materials and… — Neri Oxman Copy Share Image
Records have never really been my strong suit. I've always been a much better live act. I didn't understand the language of… — Jewel Copy Share Image
You know, the dirty secret in the Director's Guild is that the average life expectancy of Director's Guild members is 57 years… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
Even in making objects, as soon as you start to get the feeling that some form of craft is coming into place,… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
I think the theater is basically the boot camp for the actor. If you can survive the rigors of an eight-show-a-week schedule… — Corey Reynolds Copy Share Image
Spike optioned my first book, 'Now the Hell Will Start,' and he trusted me to write the screenplay, too. That was an… — Brendan I. Koerner Copy Share Image
“At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that — the young man or the young… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
I believe that I improve with every book I write - most writers will probably tell you the same thing. I'm still… — David B. Coe Copy Share Image
