A true pilot must of necessity pay attention to the seasons, the heavens, the stars, the winds, and everything proper to the… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
I love hearing details of writers' craft, as cannibals eat the brains of clever men to get cleverer. — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
You can't be afraid to deal with your demons. You've got to go there to be able to write. — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
Clarity precedes mastery. Craft clear and precise plans/goals/deliverables. And then block out all else. — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
People enquire as to the craft behind our art and we reply by making references to a patently childish notion. — Jay Sankey Copy Share Image
To the pilot of a deep sea submersible, upon finding out what would happen if the craft sprung a leak while submerged.… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
Laurie Lewis' songs combine passion and sheer craft in a way you don't hear very often. Whatever country music is supposed to… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
I don't consciously start writing a play that involves issues. After it's done, I sit back like everyone else and think about… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
I was talking to my friend from New York yesterday, and I used the expression, 'You can't polish a turd'. He looked… — Steve Williams Copy Share Image
Anything you can do to express yourself is a form of art. That's why I love my craft so much. I always… — Emily Rios Copy Share Image
I was talking to one of the writers about our target audience, and he was insulted that I used that term. But… — Michael Bay Copy Share Image
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A lot of people just love music, especially a lot of aspiring artists. They just want to jump in and start making… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
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It looks glamorous and wonderful, but it's a job like any other. And I think that's their humility coming through, Joel [Coen]… — David Krumholtz Copy Share Image
What's going to be hard for me is to try to divorce myself as much as possible from what I wrote. I'll… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
By Cunning & Craft is a masterpiece of writing about writing. If, like Scheherazade, you had to spin out a story under… — Nora Gallagher Copy Share Image
Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a good director… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
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Even in the things that look most frivolous there has to be the threat of something quite painful to make the comedy… — Michael Frayn Copy Share Image
There is nothing more important in my life than my relationship with God and my faith. I have been so driven to… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
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Art is rare and sacred and hard work, and there ought to be a wall of fire around it. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
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The more wisdom we know the more we may earn. Those who seek to learn more of their craft shall be richly… — George S. Clason Copy Share Image
There's something about a parenthesis in fiction that puts one off, saying, "It's me, moi, jumping in now." — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
A producer is someone who actually calls the shots. An executive producer is just a guy that eats more food at craft… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
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There came to port last Sunday night The queerest little craft, Without an inch of rigging on; I looked and looked--and laughed.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Doctors and nurses do crazy hours and keep an ideal afloat through the love and care that they have for their craft… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
People look at technology as sometimes an end to things, and it isn't an end in certain cases. In the movie business,… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
If the subject is in a suffering circumstance, it is all the more preferable to apply craft to the utmost. Call it… — Dennis Stock Copy Share Image
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