A noble craft, but somehow a most melancholy! All noble things are touched with that. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
You never stop learning your craft. That's the key to success within yourself as an actor. — Julianna Margulies Copy Share Image
My die-hard fans who came out - I call them my die-hard fans because any time a fan pays to see you,… — Future Copy Share Image
To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere and always be working on your craft… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for… — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
Be a sponge. Spend as much time as possible with people who truly know their craft and be a great listener. That… — Jerry Colangelo Copy Share Image
Sense of self, and the way one shares it, is perhaps the most valuable and poetic gift in the arsenal of one's… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I'm doing. I feel… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
Be yourself. Forget about whether you are male or female and just work hard to become a director who truly knows her… — Mabel Cheung Copy Share Image
Magic is the craft of shaping, the craft of the wise, exhilarating, dangerous - the ultimate adventure. The power of magic should… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
I feel if I wanted to be taken seriously I have to study music the same way someone who wants to be… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
There comes a point when the paint doesn't feel like paint. I don't know why. Some mysterious thing happens. I think you… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
I bring my dogs on set with me, and my little dog Karoo is smart as a whip. She knows where the… — Hilary Swank Copy Share Image
It is possible that the malice of writers has been overrated (by myself among others). Reading their ruminations on their craft, one… — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
If you've got craft, you got game. If you got game, you can write your way in and out of anything. Writing… — Robert Mark Kamen Copy Share Image
. . . usually, the biggest problems of adapting plays into screenplays is that they stick too close to the play, and… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
I went in right up front and said, This can't be about some guy in bandages. I didn't even want to do… — Stephen Sommers Copy Share Image
Cross out as many adjectives and adverbs as you can. ... It is comprehensible when I write: "The man sat on the… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I don't have an idea for a play until after I've finished writing it. I write first, and come up with what… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time, a lot of energy trying to be a better artist and I still [do]. I spend… — John Legend Copy Share Image
Like Molière's M. Jourdain, who spoke prose all his life without knowing it, mathematicians have been reasoning for at least two millennia… — Ernest Nagel Copy Share Image
The adoption of the required attitude of mind towards ideas that seem to emerge "of their own free will" and the abandonment… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
An excess of development can undermine the most ephemeral but distinctive tool a writer possesses: authorial voice. A writer's voice is as… — David Wright Copy Share Image
I would say if a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity. But… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The industry is littered with self-styled purists who believe the business of media.. the requirement to make a profit.. somehow corrupts the… — Lachlan Murdoch Copy Share Image
Work at your craft, write daily, and follow your dreams because dreams do come true. — Christopher Paul Curtis Copy Share Image
I don't approach my acting as just saying a few lines and then going off-screen. It's a craft. I really invest in… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
Isn't today a day to devote to craft? Isn't tomorrow? Isn't every day, routinely, until the end of time? — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
I like to make things, but I looked at old craft books on weaving or mosaics or whatever, I'm like, 'I don't… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
People think I write fantasy, but I don't. Some things may be exaggerated or distorted, but they're realistic figures. . . .… — Joe Orton Copy Share Image
Learn from your rejections and polish your craft. Write for the sheer joy of being creative. — Jonathan Weeks Copy Share Image
The fear of a work becoming dated is one of the most effective tools for keeping people from writing political work. — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
What drives me? Surrounding myself with amazing talent to craft a breakthrough product which can be used by millions of people to… — Mike McCue Copy Share Image
I think when we talk of craft we talk of a certain set of processes, whether that be clay of glass if… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
If I have learned how to write fiction it's by working with great writers and getting them to explain their craft to… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
The best advice I can give to any aspiring author is to write every single day. Work at the craft of writing.… — Andrea Davis Pinkney Copy Share Image
All reviews should carry a Surgeon General's warning. The good ones turn your head, the bad ones break your heart. — David Ives Copy Share Image
To clothe the fiery thought In simple words succeeds, For still the craft of genius is To mask a king in weeds. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing any artist can do is to constantly push themselves and improve their craft. — Ami Vitale Copy Share Image
You have to know your craft. I find that most people who are very, very successful know their craft and have done… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
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