Any action can be practiced as an art, as a craft, or as drudgery. — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
The prose as such has to be singing the song the story is telling. — Leonard Michaels Copy Share Image
Gay guys know how to craft, and they craft really well. Straight guys, forget it. — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
On the elusive gift of blending austerity of craft with elasticity of allure. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
That's a very good way to learn the craft of writing - from reading. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
With a clear mind that is reinforcing positivity back into myself and my craft, I am able to focus my energy on… — Allison Holker Copy Share Image
By the word simplicity, is not always meant folly or ignorance; but often, pure and upright Nature, free from artifice, craft or… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
If you have enough craft, you've done your homework and you're practiced. You can then make the photograph you desire. — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others. — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
There are some lawyers who think of themselves as basically instruments of whoever their clients are, and they pride themselves on their… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
I couldn't go any higher with three Michelin stars. I mastered my craft. I'm still learning and picking up ideas. — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
Half the rhymes you write, you're saying that you're better than the other MC. That's how we keep the craft sharp. — Ice T Copy Share Image
And it is a folly to try to craft a novel for the screen, to write a novel with a screen contract… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
You can teach people a lot about craft and various techniques, and you can certainly teach them to appreciate, but you cannot… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
When one commits one's self to an airborne craft and the door is fastened against earth and home, there is no escape… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
A lot of people come to quote-unquote Hollywood thinking that all they just have to be different or do something outlandish or… — Morris Chestnut Copy Share Image
I've always just simply seen myself as an actor. And I believe that it serves me well to just think in terms… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
As long as you're consistently working on your craft, your heart is in the right place, and you pair that with being… — Jay Ellis Copy Share Image
The great thing for me, now, is that writing has become more and more interesting. Not just as a craft but as… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
There's a lot of craft that goes into achieving a hit song - at the beginning of your career, you're usually more… — Kara DioGuardi Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When authoritative reports of radical-design craft having spectacular performance are viewed in the light of a stream of astrobiological discoveries, the possibility… — Don Berliner Copy Share Image
There are some ideas that will translate from Iraq to Afghanistan and there are many that will not. The first lesson of… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
And what we can see if we look deep within is that the authentic self is the Soul made visible. Do not… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
There's an inherent responsibility actors feel when portraying something that actually exists in the world. It's arguably something that not all actors… — Monica Potter Copy Share Image
Of course, I don't mean to imply that all writers are working in the deep waters that border on the divine. Most… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
I believe you shouldn't force the audience's interpretation of a character or a story. The more you explain things, the less intriguing… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
To me, the Craft is what Christianity was 2,000 years ago. It was a religion that was not corrupted. I personally think… — Silver RavenWolf Copy Share Image
Consider: for all the gobbledegook [film studio] executives spout about backstory, all that we, the audience, want to know is what happens… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Writing really is a difficult craft and there are many parts to master. — James Johnson Copy Share Image
Art leaves something to the listener; that's what separates art from craft. — Henry Threadgill Copy Share Image
Using language like jungle growth isn't the solution to telling a story. — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
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