I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
I can't draw. But I can draw with sound. That's the most useful thing I learned in terms of what my craft… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
If you just work on your craft hard, that's your only hope of doing anything worthwhile. — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
I dont want to waste my energy in other things; instead, I would put all that in reaching the next level in… — N. T. Rama Rao Jr Copy Share Image
I feel that whatever virtues the novel may have are very much connected with the limitations you mention. I am not writing… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
The friends that have I do it wrong Whenever I remake a song, Should know what issue is at stake: It is… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
For me, the good songs are the ones that come really naturally. There are certain songs that you rework and rewrite and… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
The mathematical question is "Why?" It's always why. And the only way we know how to answer such questions is to come… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share Image
By an epiphany he meant a sudden spiritual manifestation, whether in the vulgarity of speech or of gesture or memorable phrase of… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, I try not to be sloppy; same with the music. You can be very lean, very efficient, so you're… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing about craft. I just wanted to become… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I went in right up front and said, This can't be about some guy in bandages. I didn't even want to do… — Stephen Sommers Copy Share Image
Listening is like running down a mountain on a switchback trail, the sound of surprise generating its own momentum. There’s a punk… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
I was turned down by every record label in L.A. Perseverance is three quarters of the game. Talent's only a quarter. Being… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
I don't like the discussions about whether photography is an art. Even though I think that if it would be just a… — Josef Sudek Copy Share Image
Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale… — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
I try to work hard. I'm really proud of what I get to do as a living. I still pinch myself. But… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I love working with my hands. The computer has taken over my life in a way that makes me really uncomfortable. I'm… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
Everyone has a different path. I knew no one in the acting industry growing up. I never did a play until college.… — Peter Facinelli Copy Share Image
Eyes Tell Stories But do they know how to craft fiction? Do they know how to spin lies? His eyes swear forever,… — Ellen Hopkins 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
I think of poetry as something out there in the world and within each of us. I don't mean that everyone can… — Adrienne Rich 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
