From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge. — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
I do choose to write for a living - in addition to writing plays. I no longer write sitcoms, and I no… — Lisa Loomer Copy Share Image
I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
A big part of country music is a way of life, at least from my standpoint. That's how I craft my music… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
If I hadn't been a designer, I'd have been a painter. I began as a painter and learned the craft of pottery… — Eva Zeisel Copy Share Image
Mere literary talent is common; what is rare is endurance, the continuing desire to work hard at writing. — Donald Hall Copy Share Image
Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft; it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft… — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share Image
I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
Many times, what people call 'writer's block' is the confusion that happens when a writer has a great idea, but their writing… — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
To arrive at a place called Mastery, you must commit to daily and rigorous practice. Enjoy practising your craft for its own… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
In order to obtain and hold power a man must love it. Thus the effort to get it is not likely to… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I find that I have improved in my craft and I have improved considerably in my ability to critique other people's artwork.… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
One [of the two ideas for PROOF] was to write about two sisters who are quarreling over the legacy of something left… — David Auburn Copy Share Image
For me, acting is all about the aesthetic. I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I'm taking myself too… — Giovanni Ribisi Copy Share Image
The growth that an artist seeks is a fine combination of mastering craft, garnering an audience, maintaining one's mental health, and working… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
[Saniyya Sidney] was very serious about her work and her craft, and she wanted to be good, and she wanted to work… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
There's nothing personal in it [THE SKRIKER]. I'm not ever inclined with any of the plays to say, This is about that,… — Caryl Churchill Copy Share Image
Writing ought either to be the manufacture of stories for which there is a market demand - a business as safe and… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
In the case of all other sciences, arts, skills, and crafts, everyone is convinced that a complex and laborious programme of learning… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Belonging to the Dramatists Guild Council where, with my fellow dramatists, I can directly affect (and protect) the professional lives of all… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
. . . the whole idea of WHAT HAPPENED WAS… is not about dating. It is more about people who are not… — Tom Noonan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Men's souls are crooked and unsound things, not good materials out of which to build friendships, families, households, cities, civilizations. But good… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
I want to seduce the audience. If they can go along for a ride they wouldn't ordinarily take, or don't even know… — Paula Vogel Copy Share Image
[I am enthusiastic about journalism because] it's a craft that can ... galvanize an often complacent citizenry, and make a difference. — Katie Couric Copy Share Image
Ever since I was little, I’ve loved making hand-made cards and presents and arts & crafts for people. — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
The best part of being on a television series for all those years is that you really get to hone your craft. — Steve Kanaly Copy Share Image
The Craft was what it was. People who respond to that movie respond to it really strongly. — Robin Tunney Copy Share Image
The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story - and then your… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
Some athletes are super fashionable and not good. It's like c'mon man focus on your craft, be who you're supposed to be… — Pusha T Copy Share Image
As readers, we have gone from learning a precious craft whose secret was held by a jealous few, to taking for granted… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
I started in the P.A. world and craft service and storyboard artist, with the eye on the prize of directing. When I… — Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Copy Share Image
. . . what happened, of course, was that I was writing a play set in the 1940's that was supposed to… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
Be critical of but not brutal with your writing. If something isn't essential, get rid of it. Remember that good dialogue can… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this… — Joyce Brothers Copy Share Image
The more horses you yoke the quicker everything will go - not the rending of the block from its foundation, which is… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
It's my belief that cooking is a craft. I think that you can push it into the realm of art, but it… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
My writing isn’t a career or a craft or a hobby or anything like that. It is more like a tiny annex… — Gary Lutz Copy Share Image
![“One [of the two ideas for PROOF] was to write about two sisters who are quarreling over the legacy of something left behind by their father. The other was about someone who knew that her parent had had problems of mental illness [and that] she might be going through the same thing.” quote by David Auburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99e/david-auburn-61313_behinds_one-of-the-two-ideas-for-proof-was-to-wr_3181657.png)
![“[Saniyya Sidney] was very serious about her work and her craft, and she wanted to be good, and she wanted to work on it. So I said, "Ok." It was as simple as that. She was just right. She just has it.” quote by Denzel Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/denzel-washington-1345_be-good_saniyya-sidney-was-very-serious-about-he_2969455.jpg)
![“There's nothing personal in it [THE SKRIKER]. I'm not ever inclined with any of the plays to say, This is about that, because plays are about the whole event that they are. . . . I was certainly wanting to write a play about damage - damage to nature and damage to people, both of which there's…” quote by Caryl Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/caryl-churchill-24054_crafts_there-s-nothing-personal-in-it-the-skrik_1917366.jpg)
![“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 to please myself. I have a good time sitting here by myself, thinking up situations and characters, getting them to talk - it's so satisfying. But screenwriting's different…” quote by Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/elmore-leonard-3471_adaptation_i-ve-quit-writing-screenplay-adaptations_2640851.jpg)
![“[I am enthusiastic about journalism because] it's a craft that can ... galvanize an often complacent citizenry, and make a difference.” quote by Katie Couric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/katie-couric-9751_citizenry_i-am-enthusiastic-about-journalism-becau_1118863.jpg)
