Crafts Quotes · Page 8

Other kids did drugs; I did crafts. I never knew where I fit in.

— Kathie Lee Gifford

I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes.

— Barkhad Abdi

In what we think of as bad dialogue, the characters talk directly to each other.

— Diane Johnson

Mediocre writers borrow; great writers steal.

— T. S. Eliot

The writer is one who, emnbarking upon a task, does not know what to do.

— Donald Barthelme

I'm always studying my craft because I want to be the best at what I do.

— Aaron Carter

God loves and delights to cross worldly proverbs and worldly craft.

— Joseph Caryl

The only thing you have then to believe in is your craft.

— Frank Langella

I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this, the craft, the style.

— Douglas Sirk

I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing…

— Patti Smith

If somebody crafts an interesting tweet that'll lead me to their blog, I'm going to their blog.

— Anthony Bourdain

Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for…

— Dave Grohl

Any claim to actual identification as a drama must rest upon the construction of a plot independent of the assignment of affliction…

— David Mamet

The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.

— John Irving

Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of…

— Joshua Foer

If you are a novelist of a certain type of termperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world.…

— John Barth

If film making is magic, there's a difference between close up magic and David Copperfield. If you're doing close up magic, which…

— Guillermo del Toro

I look on trade and every mechanical craft as education also. But let me discriminate what is precious herein. There is in…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist: a book of…

— Zelda Fitzgerald

I think the biggest advice I can offer is don't just pick one story and stop, write as much as you can,…

— Dwayne McDuffie

A good coach must celebrate in private. He cannot gloat to the press after a victory or criticize heavily after defeat... His…

— Bill Bradley

Work-do plays, learn your craft, and go to school. Keep working. Nobody is going to give you jobs for going to parties…

— James Gandolfini

I understand wanting to do your craft. I understand wanting to have a passion for your art and for your ability to…

— Lorna Luft

Remember, acting is not a business of glamour. It is science, craft and an art. Read about acting; don't do it for…

— Boman Irani

Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than…

— Leonard Michaels

You can gain experience, if you are careful to avoid empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artisan who…

— Trevanian

I went to Catholic high school, so my being in this [the craft] is not going to make my grandmother very happy.…

— Robin Tunney

To many Congressmen and Senators right now, there's a ceaseless antagonism toward Hollywood because politically, it is high-reward and low-risk. So when…

— Jack Valenti

. . . I felt that making her one-dimensional would be an insult to the audience, and also not as interesting. All…

— Richard LaGravenese

Big Idea - Your days are your life in miniature. As you live your hours, so you create your years. As you…

— Robin Sharma

Some people think I am an issue-oriented writer, but I've never said to myself, I'm gong to write about such-and-such an issue…

— Suzan-Lori Parks

I thought, This is fabulous. It sent shivers up my spine. I thought, What kinds of people are these that would produce…

— Bruce Beresford

Study the rules so that you won't beat yourself by not knowing something.

— Babe Didrikson Zaharias

A small craft in an ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship.

— Tristan Jones

I took my work seriously, but not as a craft. More as a life.

— Brooke Shields

The secret is to start a story near the ending.

— Chris Offutt

If you're lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a skill

— Frank Langella

Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft,

— Twyla Tharp

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

— Sam Shepard

Look if you like, but you will have to leap.

— W. H. Auden