I was born in 1960 and can still tell you the name of every astronaut from Mercury to Apollo. If I had… — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
The title's so upfront. It gives fair warning about the play's content. I'm writing about a kind of disenchantment, an anger, but… — Mark Ravenhill Copy Share Image
Everyone who became great at something has a similar story: For years, they worked on their craft every day, even if they… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Yes, the first draft is the key. That's why I put so much energy, focus, and attention on the first draft, because… — Caridad Svich Copy Share Image
In White Summer, Joelle Biele exhibits a Roethke-like affinity with nature and natures creatures. At times a miniaturist, Biele constructs exquisite addresses… — Elizabeth Spires Copy Share Image
An elegant simplicity is an understated, organic aesthetic that contrasts with the excess of consumerist lifestyles. Drawing from influences ranging from Zen… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
My writing isn't actually guided by issues. I know it seems that way, but I don't sit down and think, Oh, there's… — Paula Vogel Copy Share Image
The most crucial thing is to learn the craft: how to string sentences together, how to make your dialogue sound like real… — Stephen Coonts Copy Share Image
Character gives us qualities, but it is in actions - what we do - that we are happy or the reverse. ...… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I started growing roses. I enjoyed the craft of it and that they're difficult to look after; they can provide joy. — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
Tap into what you don't want to say. Tap into that secret place, despite the agony, despite the personal pain, over and… — Arthur Penn Copy Share Image
You can gain experience, if you are careful to avoid empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artisan who… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
The last of the lonely places is the sky, a trackless void where nothing lives or grows, and above it, space itself.… — Frederick Forsyth Copy Share Image
What's going to be hard for me is to try to divorce myself as much as possible from what I wrote. I'll… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
. . . I felt I was finally in a position to affect not only the artistic content of the American theatre,… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
In truth, the best long-term explanations about our ancient counterparts can be found in the paintings, sculpture, crafts, tools of utility, language… — Edward J. Fraughton Copy Share Image
Any claim to actual identification as a drama must rest upon the construction of a plot independent of the assignment of affliction… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
I don't consciously start writing a play that involves issues. After it's done, I sit back like everyone else and think about… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
The writer is one who, emnbarking upon a task, does not know what to do. — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. ... Of course, it rarely ends that way. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Yes, I am one of those people who feels that most of my work is adaptation of one sort or another. For… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
