Crafts Quotes · Page 48

Literature is always best when it is celebrating its subjects darkly. ... And because it is often by describing the thing lost…

— Bill Buford

The secret of successful fiction is a continual slight novelty.

— Edmund Gosse

I couldn't go any higher with three Michelin stars. I mastered my craft. I'm still learning and picking up ideas.

— Chelsea Handler

I've quit writing screenplay [adaptations]. It's too much work. I don't look at writing a novel as work, because I only have…

— Elmore Leonard

[Rewriting is] a whole other art form; it's about craftsmanship.

— Sam Shepard

I just really enjoying creating in general; I used to also write stories and play music and do different crafts, but illustration…

— Julie Dillon

A noble craft, but somehow a most melancholy! All noble things are touched with that.

— Herman Melville

With ferocity and extraordinary craft, Lizzie Harris has made a book of poems that resonates far beyond the personal stories it tells.…

— Meghan O'Rourke

Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That…

— Josef Albers

The freedom to create is somehow linked with facility of access to those obscure regions below the conscious mind.

— Loren Eiseley

I think theres escapist moviemaking, and we want to be captivated and taken away. If its done right, you can craft an…

— Ryan Reynolds

I go on at least 2-3 auditions a week in the pursuit of more work. So I'm constantly working on material and…

— Jake Busey

When it comes to fundraising for a social enterprise, if you are pursuing your true passion, you'll learn to become great at…

— Adam Braun

Why should the railroad employees be parceled out among a score of different organizations? They are all employed in the same service.…

— Eugene V. Debs

Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and…

— Robert Greene

THE DYING GAUL is a Hollywood satire. But Hollywood is not the real subject matter here. My play uses that world of…

— Craig Lucas

My advice has always been to study the craft of acting if you want to be an actor. There are many great…

— Peter Facinelli

I would give them (aspiring writers) the oldest advice in the craft: Read and write. Read a lot. Read new authors and…

— Khaled Hosseini

Nobody wants to see the village of the happy people.

— Lew Hunter

I'm just broadening my craft and stretching my skills a little bit in different directions.

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

But really important, perhaps most important is the craft; how you make your record, the creation of these sonic worlds you want…

— Duncan Sheik

I would make the tea on a Daniel Day-Lewis set just to observe how he crafts roles like he did in 'My…

— David Oyelowo

I don't believe in inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. Some of the time you know you're cooking, and the rest of the…

— Chuck Close

That's a very good way to learn the craft of writing - from reading.

— William Faulkner

So somehow, things that seem extraneous to the play in reality are not. The scene lasts 37 minutes, and you only need…

— August Wilson