In the old days, you could segment happily. You could put out one message to one segment of the audience, and one… — Martin Sorrell Copy Share Image
Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it - whole-heartedly - and delete it before… — Arthur Quiller-Couch Copy Share Image
I think that in general - well, at least it's true for me - you tend to put something of yourself into… — Sam Lake Copy Share Image
I don't know what the hell I'm doing up there half the time. These performers that go on about their technique and… — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
He seemed to be at that most dangerous of ages, where strength, skill, and confidence met naïveté and idealism; when young men… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
You must get beyond divertissement, sketch, anecdote, the interesting moment. You must get to the mystery of human personality. What is the… — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
Rob [Tapert], myself and Bruce Campbell sat in hundreds of drive-insnot hundreds, but tens of drive-ins, watching these movies and learning how… — Sam Raimi Copy Share Image
But a writing project begins not just in doubt but also in faith-that if your passion is genuine, if you have mastered… — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
Writing original songs is much, much harder (I think) because you only have yourself to conjure up EVERY single moment a listener… — Alex Goot Copy Share Image
With a lot of what we take to be true feelings, especially on pop records, we feel them because they're cleverly crafted.… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Surfers travelled and opened up and changed. It became more mainstream, less of a cult. And it diversified. On any given day… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
There is a great need for a new approach, new methods and new tools in teaching, man's oldest and most reactionary craft.… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
In a given scene I may know nothing more than how it's supposed to end, most of the time not even that.… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
I remember growing up, getting the Colorado Springs Sun in the morning and the Denver Post in the afternoon, and my dad… — Pat Forde Copy Share Image
No one can write a best seller by trying to. He must write with complete sincerity; the clichés that make you laugh,… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Those around you can have their novellas, sweet, their short stories of cliché and coincidence, occasionally spiced up with tricks of the… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
I've had some of the best craft services on independent movies, actually, because they get more creative, generally, with a smaller budget.… — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
The first time I went over to [my director's] house, he said to me, This is a very strange play. I was… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
There is something about important stories that is not just the message, but also the way that message is conveyed, the arrangement… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I'm sure that writing isn't a craft, that is, something for which you learn the skills and go on turning out. It… — Robert Lowell Copy Share Image
I have a theory that most people disagree with. I really feel that acting for film and acting for the stage are… — Jordan Bridges Copy Share Image
Fighters are raised into MMA. It's more about what's internal, not what's God given. When you have a great fighter like Rickson… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
Film and television is just a different technique in terms of how to approach the camera but basically the job is the… — Joe Morton Copy Share Image
So after 11 years you're just picking up all this information. I'm a basketball junky, so I watch old players. The '90s… — Andre Iguodala Copy Share Image
I would venture to affirm that a man cannot attain excellence if he satisfy the ignorant and not those of his own… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
You cannot limit yourself to one area of specialized craft. Instead, regardless of craft, you have to charge all forms of expression… — Alexander Kluge Copy Share Image
The Hollywood stuff in the book tended to come later. I think it was because I was worried about leading with that… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
For millions, Roger Ebert will be remembered as a writer and television personality who brought a sense of passion and excellence to… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
Artists need not meet any standards to practice their craft... Virtually every other occupation requires some sort of license, union membership or… — Mike Svob Copy Share Image
Women have tongues of craft, and hearts of guile, They will, they will not; fools that on them trust; For in their… — Torquato Tasso Copy Share Image
The creativity is just something that, I don't know, you work very hard at, but part of you says that you were… — Jon Bon Jovi Copy Share Image
What I lack in style and craft, I can make up for in joy and enthusiasm. I like to be around people… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
The work element comes into it as well - how much you train and how much work you put into your craft,… — Paul Rankin Copy Share Image
All things can tempt me from this craft of verse: One time it was a woman's face, or worse-- The seeming needs… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Photography has always reminded me of the second child.. trying to prove itself. The fact that it wasn't really considered an art..… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
Now I'm on the rise, doin' business with my guys. Visions realize, music [your craft] affected lives. A gift from the skies,… — Common Copy Share Image
It may take hundreds of pages before you begin to get a handle on the craft of writing, and your first scripts… — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
Skilled in every trick, a worthy heir of his paternal craft, he would make black look like white, and white look black.… — Ovid Copy Share Image
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![“Rob [Tapert], myself and Bruce Campbell sat in hundreds of drive-insnot hundreds, but tens of drive-ins, watching these movies and learning how they were made, and we started to make our own in Super 8. And that’s really how we got into horror films. After a while we learned to really like them…” quote by Sam Raimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ad8/sam-raimi-17196_cinema_rob-tapert-myself-and-bruce-campbell-sat_2847271.jpg)
![“The first time I went over to [my director's] house, he said to me, This is a very strange play. I was pleased that he reminded me of that. [He] understands the play [VENUS] intellectually and emotionally and the humor, the funny bone.” quote by Suzan-Lori Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/06d/suzan-lori-parks-20794_bones_the-first-time-i-went-over-to-my-directo_860136.jpg)
![“Women have tongues of craft, and hearts of guile, They will, they will not; fools that on them trust; For in their speech is death, hell in their smile. [It., Femmina e cosa garrula e fallace: Vuole e disvuole, e folle uom chi sen fida, Si tra se volge.]” quote by Torquato Tasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/39c/torquato-tasso-21954_communication_women-have-tongues-of-craft-and-hearts-o_782153.jpg)
![“Now I'm on the rise, doin' business with my guys. Visions realize, music [your craft] affected lives. A gift from the skies, to be recognized, I'm keeping my eye on the people, that's the prize” quote by Common](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7ca/common-2673_affected_now-i-m-on-the-rise-doin-business-with-m_2768516.jpg)
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