You have to roll up your sleeves and be a stonecutter before you can become a sculptor - command of craft always… — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies. — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
The humblest craft that floats makes its appeal to a seaman by the faithfulness of her life. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
We're one of the last handmade art forms. There's no fast way to make plays. It takes just as long and is… — Steven Dietz Copy Share Image
How you get work done is by exploiting yourself and your feelings, and sometimes people get in the way. — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
A play gets on Broadway by fluke. And you don't even start out with that ambition. When I do a play, the… — Richard Greenberg Copy Share Image
When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel. — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
When you're a writer, you have to have the passion and the skill and the craft. It's not just enough to have… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
As a man-of-war that sails through the sea, so this earth that sails through the air. We mortals are all on board… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
the calling of the teacher. There is no craft more privileged. To awaken in another human being powers, dreams beyond one’s own;… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
Even illegal weapons have lost their panache. Zip guns and shanks were at least homemade. Where is the craft in a grade-schooler… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Writing is an art but also a craft, which means it's a job. I don't teach. This is how the groceries get… — Charlie Huston Copy Share Image
As much as I think John Coltrane belongs on the list, I think without Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, both of whom… — Herbie Mann Copy Share Image
Every day as a kid, I went to the boxing gym. I knew boxing before I knew anything else. And I was… — Floyd Mayweather, Jr Copy Share Image
It's hard to give a dramatic shape to even the most dramatic life. . . . you are forced not just into… — James Toback Copy Share Image
If you want to be a fiction writer, you need to start reading like a fiction writer. To do so, you need… — John McNally Copy Share Image
Congratulations to all the members of the wonderful Treorchy Male Choir past and present. In moments of grief or joy, the sound… — David Jason Copy Share Image
At the beginning of their careers many writers have a need to overwrite. They choose carefully turned-out phrases; they want to impress… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Making photos is helpful of course to master the craft. To get comfortable with the camera. Learn what a camera can do… — Leonard Nimoy Copy Share Image
[I was] particularly eager to give voice to the women of my mother's place and generation, who grew up in turn-of-the-century, privileged… — Tina Howe Copy Share Image
Our modern economy privileges pure profit, momentary transactions and rapid fluidity. Part of craft’s anchoring role is that it helps to objectify… — Richard Sennett Copy Share Image
So I made an outline. Well, you know, days are going by, and I am not writing anything because this thing is… — Steve Tesich Copy Share Image
Gather knowledge about the craft of writing. Immerse yourself in the art of it. Then write. Write yourself silly. Write yourself mad.… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
I love stories, but writing fiction is another craft and I don't feel as if I have it. — Joan Larkin Copy Share Image
I'd just like to see - in writing about baseball - more energy and better craft, minus statistical bludgeoning and invective. — John Thorn Copy Share Image
Whatever your craft is, be a master of it. Being half assed at something, people will eventually see through. — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
Often I'll find clues to where the story might go by figuring out where the characters would rather not go. — Douglas A. Lawson Copy Share Image
You have to write a song around this specific character or to enhance a specific scene. A lot of other craft goes… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
For my students who are trying to learn the craft of writing in a writing class - contemporary literature is what's most… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
We all work to succeed in whatever we choose to do in life, so every success only pushes me to do better… — Hrithik Roshan Copy Share Image
As you live your hours, so you create your years. As you live your days, so you craft your life. — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
I'm tired of having to consult a group of old white guys about my black girl craft. They don't even know what… — Azealia Banks Copy Share Image
I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
America's craft brewers know that beer, not wine, is the best beverage for accompanying a good meal. — Nancy Johnson Copy Share Image
I like to do designs on the side of my face, or cut out foil stickers from the crafts store and put… — Khloe Kardashian Copy Share Image
Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness. — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
Books are great for if you want to work on the craft of writing for yourself, or, you know, to write novels… — Thomas Lennon Copy Share Image
When I watch a singer perform, or an athlete, I can't help but be driven to be the best I can be… — Jonathan Sadowski Copy Share Image
![“[I was] particularly eager to give voice to the women of my mother's place and generation, who grew up in turn-of-the-century, privileged New England households, who really never had a chance to flower and assess themselves and find out who they were. More than anything, I wanted to give voice to…” quote by Tina Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b6d/tina-howe-64893_century_i-was-particularly-eager-to-give-voice-t_1649709.jpg)
