There’s always been this hocus-pocus or magical, mystical thing associated with the making of film that sort of psyches people out and… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
This is not a legitimate congressional exercise. This is not a fact-finding hearing. This is theater. This is a charade. This is… — Hakeem Jeffries Copy Share Image
Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create… — Phyllis George Copy Share Image
I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, if I didn't get… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
That's how I see myself as an actress. I may not be the best in the world, but I love my craft… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
To say that an author is a reader or a reader an author, to see a book as a human being or… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
There's a lot of hyperventilation that takes off before the [Sundance Film] Festival, a lot of buzz. Every year we hear, this… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
The dismal half-baked images of the average "reportage" and "documentary" photography are self dammning... the slick manner, the slightly obscure significance, the… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
“Creation from chaos is natural. We've come to a place where we've realized that we have this actual physical need to create… — Renee Rigdon Copy Share Image
Once considered an art form that called for talent, or at least a craft that called for practice, a poem now needs… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
This is some fellow, Who having been prais'd for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness and constrains the garb Quite from his… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
So how does one go about proving something like this? It's not like being a lawyer, where the goal is to persuade… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we as a band just write what we write. Some of it's very serious, and even in the serious songs, there's… — Ed Robertson Copy Share Image
If you would like to write better than everybody else, you have to want to write better than everybody else. You must… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Patterns of these UFOs appearance and behavior suggest a limited range of sizes and shapes of unidentified craft, despite the often-desperate efforts… — Don Berliner Copy Share Image
The ideal time for writing a [television] script is four days, though sometimes it has to be two or three days depending… — David E. Kelley Copy Share Image
I personally take cues directly from the script, then I like to surprise the other actors. But you must maintain control on… — Lusia Strus Copy Share Image
Women under phallocratic rule are confined to the role of vessels/carriers, directed and controlled by men. Since that role is the basic… — Mary Daly Copy Share Image
I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I wasn't a smart kid and I still don't think I'm too smart when it comes to book smart, but I was… — Criss Angel Copy Share Image
What I want to try to do is unify the two wings of the Democratic Party. What's considered the more progressive wing… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've been getting pretty focused about that recently, and even considered doing a masters degree to polish up the craft. I've been… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
Whether we write lyrics or craft legislation, sell homes or teach classes, design spaces or open franchises, prayer is a critical part… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
In America, where writers are preoccupied with the craft of writing, I always try to introduce this concept of the badly written… — Etgar Keret 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
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
Though, as he was torn into a pink upper air, she was a good craft to ride in, for her belly was… — Thomas Keneally 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
The strange power of art is sometimes it can show that what people have in common is more urgent than what differentiates… — John Berger Copy Share Image
“Only two bags, huh?" Helga was eighty, feisty, and the fastest knitter Elsie had ever seen. “We’ll have to work on that.… — Debora Geary Copy Share Image
The competition, the naysayers, the owners who talk too much. The people who don't think a 36-year-old can do what I do.… — Kevin Garnett Copy Share Image
. . . as far as the regime is concerned, well, the play is sheer terror for them. Because they feel, How… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I never thought in terms of typing myself, because I wasn't that successful. After an actor has done a few pieces of… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
You should let dialogue get as nearly out of control as you can. Characters should say what they say to each other… — Robert Stone Copy Share Image
It's right to trust in God; but, if you don't stand to your halliards your craft'll miss stays, and your faith'll be… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The craft, the writing of a song, is about creating a story, a life story, a world within three minutes, but that's… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
Real life has always let me down. That's why I do the monologues. I have always said I would rather tell a… — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
I'm less confident now than I've ever been. In this peculiar craft, confidence is something you spend a lifetime losing. I used… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
Writing a first draft is like groping one's way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke… — Ted Solotaroff Copy Share Image
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