The craft Emmys are kind of the kids table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really,… — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
In movies, you have a production assistant carrying your chair around and getting you coffee. In theater, no one carries your chair,… — Rosie Perez Copy Share Image
Very few people who met my adoptive mother in the last 20 years of her life could abide her, while many people… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
There is no better way to earn money than to do the things that you love to do. Money can flow into… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
We actors have it pretty easy and pretty hard. Easy 'cause we have a meal provided to us every 6 hours every… — T. J. Thyne Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people who are very good at their craft who have learned - people behind the camera -… — Jeffrey Jones Copy Share Image
The cooking profession, while it's a noble craft and a noble calling, 'cause you're doing something useful - you're feeding people, you're… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
To practice - write each and every day if possible - then try to attend professional writer's conferences where you can learn… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
This element of surprise or mystery — the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called — is of great importance… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
So I made an outline. Well, you know, days are going by, and I am not writing anything because this thing is… — Steve Tesich Copy Share Image
Gather knowledge about the craft of writing. Immerse yourself in the art of it. Then write. Write yourself silly. Write yourself mad.… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
You have more and more people coming into the tent with the creative guys [on Hollywood films]. You have marketing and concept… — James L. Brooks Copy Share Image
People ask me when I decided to become a playwright, and I tell them I decide to do it every day. Most… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
There's very little in the substance of [THE LADY IN THE VAN] which is not fact though some adjustments have had to… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
. . . I wrote a letter to Thomas Pynchon asking, Can I have your permission to try to make an [adaptation]… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
And yet, we know how fatal the pursuit of liveliness may be: it may result in ... tiresome acrobatics. ... Flashy effects… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
As a man-of-war that sails through the sea, so this earth that sails through the air. We mortals are all on board… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
True artists pursue greatness in craft in order to give the Lord the best fruit of the talent He has given them,… — Charlie Peacock Copy Share Image
If even one of these unidentified UFOs turns out to be an alien craft, the impact on all aspects of our nation's… — Don Berliner Copy Share Image
Sure there's a difference with puppet-craft - who cares? I don't care about the puppet-craft, I care about what works. Who cares… — Frank Oz Copy Share Image
the calling of the teacher. There is no craft more privileged. To awaken in another human being powers, dreams beyond one’s own;… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
Even illegal weapons have lost their panache. Zip guns and shanks were at least homemade. Where is the craft in a grade-schooler… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Writing is an art but also a craft, which means it's a job. I don't teach. This is how the groceries get… — Charlie Huston Copy Share Image
As much as I think John Coltrane belongs on the list, I think without Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, both of whom… — Herbie Mann Copy Share Image
Every day as a kid, I went to the boxing gym. I knew boxing before I knew anything else. And I was… — Floyd Mayweather, Jr Copy Share Image
It's hard to give a dramatic shape to even the most dramatic life. . . . you are forced not just into… — James Toback Copy Share Image
What, then, shall a Catholic Christian do ... if some novel contagion attempt to infect no longer a small part of the… — Vincent of Lerins Copy Share Image
I thought if I can do something more playful and light like my play BEYOND THERAPY, it might be a money maker.… — Christopher Durang Copy Share Image
The question is, what are appropriate words and inappropriate words for network television, and what's the context? Was this appropriate in this… — Don Ohlmeyer Copy Share Image
Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who… — Bryan Adams Copy Share Image
The key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not a divine spark. It's not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
If [hand-drawn animation] is a dying craft, we can't do anything about it. Civilization moves on. Where are all the fresco painters… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
I think your posing and your onstage presentation is yet another piece of the craft. So anytime you get onstage to show… — Kai Greene Copy Share Image
When you talk about painters and you talk about painters painting masterpieces, there is no painter who painted only one painting and… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
School is such an encouraging and safe environment. It's filled with idealism and just really working on your craft. When you enter… — Troy Garity Copy Share Image
Time is what makes good stories. Much has been cooking for a long time, and at last finds an out in narration… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
The things that have always drawn me to the craft of writing is character, it's story, it's something that becomes like a… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
During my long investigation of these strange objects, I have seen many reports verified by Air Force Intelligence, detailed accounts by Air… — Donald Keyhoe Copy Share Image
I think acting for sure takes a lot of dedication, especially when you're starting out, because it's so much rejection and it's… — Bitsie Tulloch Copy Share Image
![“You have more and more people coming into the tent with the creative guys [on Hollywood films]. You have marketing and concept testers, advertising people. What you find gets the high numbers is easily appealing subjects: a baby, a big broad joke, a high concept. Everything is tested. The effect…” quote by James L. Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/james-l-brooks-9871_advertising_you-have-more-and-more-people-coming-int_784980.png)
![“There's very little in the substance of [THE LADY IN THE VAN] which is not fact though some adjustments have had to be made. Over the years Miss Shepherd was visited by a succession of social workers so the character in the play is a composite figure. . . . A composite too are the neighbours…” quote by Alan Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/alan-bennett-1922_adjustment_there-s-very-little-in-the-substance-of_239144.jpg)
![“. . . I wrote a letter to Thomas Pynchon asking, Can I have your permission to try to make an [adaptation] of your book? And I had no idea that he would answer me, because he's pretty elusive. But he did send a letter back that said, Yes, you can do that - as long as the only instrument in the…” quote by Laurie Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/laurie-anderson-3908_adaptation_i-wrote-a-letter-to-thomas-pynchon-askin_2978759.jpg)
![“If [hand-drawn animation] is a dying craft, we can't do anything about it. Civilization moves on. Where are all the fresco painters now? Where are the landscape artists? What are they doing now? The world is changing. I have been very fortunate to be able to do the same job for 40 years. That's…” quote by Hayao Miyazaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33e/hayao-miyazaki-3768_able_if-hand-drawn-animation-is-a-dying-craft_2901864.jpg)
