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title: "Great Crafts Sayings"
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> [Race relations can be an appropriate issue... but only if you want to craft solutions, and not catalogue complaints. If we use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-dinkins/race-relations-can-be-an-appropriate-issue-but-only-if-you-want-to/)

[David Dinkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-dinkins/)

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> [I've always just simply seen myself as an actor. And I believe that it serves me well to just think in terms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-davis/i-ve-always-just-simply-seen-myself-as-an-actor-and-i-believe-that-it/)

[Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-davis/)

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> [As long as you're consistently working on your craft, your heart is in the right place, and you pair that with being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-ellis/as-long-as-you-re-consistently-working-on-your-craft-your-heart-is-in/)

[Jay Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-ellis/)

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> [The great thing for me, now, is that writing has become more and more interesting. Not just as a craft but as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/the-great-thing-for-me-now-is-that-writing-has-become-more-and-more/)

[Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/)

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> [You can teach people a lot about craft and various techniques, and you can certainly teach them to appreciate, but you cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/you-can-teach-people-a-lot-about-craft-and-various-techniques-and-you/)

[Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/)

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> [When one commits one's self to an airborne craft and the door is fastened against earth and home, there is no escape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-s-buck/when-one-commits-one-s-self-to-an-airborne-craft-and-the-door-is/)

[Pearl S. Buck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-s-buck/)

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> [A lot of people come to quote-unquote Hollywood thinking that all they just have to be different or do something outlandish or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-chestnut/a-lot-of-people-come-to-quote-unquote-hollywood-thinking-that-all/)

[Morris Chestnut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morris-chestnut/)

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> [Everyone has a different path. I knew no one in the acting industry growing up. I never did a play until college.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-facinelli/everyone-has-a-different-path-i-knew-no-one-in-the-acting-industry/)

[Peter Facinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-facinelli/)

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> [I have been approached now and again about sitcoms, but, with very few exceptions, one simply needs to move to L.A. for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ives/i-have-been-approached-now-and-again-about-sitcoms-but-with-very-few/)

[David Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ives/)

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> [There is no small degree of malicious craft in fixing upon a season to give a mark of enmity and ill-will: a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-sterne/there-is-no-small-degree-of-malicious-craft-in-fixing-upon-a-season/)

[Laurence Sterne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-sterne/)

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> [It is no secret. All power is one in source and end, I think. Years and distances, stars and candles, water and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/it-is-no-secret-all-power-is-one-in-source-and-end-i-think-years-and/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [I do craft songs, that this is designed. It's almost like the song was written to produce this desired effect. And it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-adams/i-do-craft-songs-that-this-is-designed-it-s-almost-like-the-song-was/)

[Ryan Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-adams/)

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> [What can one say about Michael Jackson? He is one of the world's most acclaimed entertainers, an innovative and exciting songwriter whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackie-kennedy/what-can-one-say-about-michael-jackson-he-is-one-of-the-world-s-most/)

[Jackie Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackie-kennedy/)

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> [The story goes that every Jedi constructs his own lightsaber, and every penmonkey constructs his own pen. Meaning, we all find our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-wendig/the-story-goes-that-every-jedi-constructs-his-own-lightsaber-and/)

[Chuck Wendig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-wendig/)

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> [If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/if-you-give-a-little-credit-to-the-concept-of-the-artist-i-think-you/)

[Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/)

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> [I took many notes, more than usual before I sat down and wrote Act One, Scene One. I had perhaps eighty pages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/i-took-many-notes-more-than-usual-before-i-sat-down-and-wrote-act-one/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

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> [Whenever you think you're writing what other people want to hear from you, and that it'll be commercial, you're doomed to disaster.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-mcnally/whenever-you-think-you-re-writing-what-other-people-want-to-hear-from/)

[Terrence McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-mcnally/)

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> [I think of a plot, I think of an idea, and then I wonder, How can I get that onto the stage?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ayckbourn/i-think-of-a-plot-i-think-of-an-idea-and-then-i-wonder-how-can-i-get/)

[Alan Ayckbourn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ayckbourn/)

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> [The Woodstock Film festival is among the finest of a dying breed: a festival that isn't trying to sell you anything, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/the-woodstock-film-festival-is-among-the-finest-of-a-dying-breed-a/)

[Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/)

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> [I like the idea of getting to dress up, like to do a Barry Lyndon or something about the Napoleonic period, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-astbury/i-like-the-idea-of-getting-to-dress-up-like-to-do-a-barry-lyndon-or/)

[Ian Astbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-astbury/)

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> [The big ideas always come in flashes. I don't really craft stories that much. I genuinely don't know where these people come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taiye-selasi/the-big-ideas-always-come-in-flashes-i-don-t-really-craft-stories/)

[Taiye Selasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taiye-selasi/)

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> [ \[Henry\] James is much more complex than Jane Austen. That's why it's not so easy to adapt him. People expect a nice… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnieszka-holland/henry-james-is-much-more-complex-than-jane-austen-that-s-why-it-s-not/)

[Agnieszka Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnieszka-holland/)

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> [Composing on the typewriter, I find that I am sloughing off all my long sentences which I used to dote upon. Short,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/composing-on-the-typewriter-i-find-that-i-am-sloughing-off-all-my/)

[T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/)

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> [Uta Hagen is our greatest living actor; she is, moreover, interested and mystified by the presence of talent and its workings; her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritz-weaver/uta-hagen-is-our-greatest-living-actor-she-is-moreover-interested-and/)

[Fritz Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritz-weaver/)

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> [I think theres escapist moviemaking, and we want to be captivated and taken away. If its done right, you can craft an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-reynolds/i-think-theres-escapist-moviemaking-and-we-want-to-be-captivated-and/)

[Ryan Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-reynolds/)

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> [It didn't have to be a newfound respect for the craft, I knew that it's notoriously difficult and frightens a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/it-didn-t-have-to-be-a-newfound-respect-for-the-craft-i-knew-that-it/)

[Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/)

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> [I feel happy about the songs I've written. I'm a great lover of the craft of songwriting, and I sure admire it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fogerty/i-feel-happy-about-the-songs-i-ve-written-i-m-a-great-lover-of-the/)

[John Fogerty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fogerty/)

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> [So somehow, things that seem extraneous to the play in reality are not. The scene lasts 37 minutes, and you only need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/so-somehow-things-that-seem-extraneous-to-the-play-in-reality-are-not/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

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> [We've trained and trained for a reason: to be better at the craft of war than our enemy, to use our skill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-luttrell/we-ve-trained-and-trained-for-a-reason-to-be-better-at-the-craft-of/)

[Marcus Luttrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-luttrell/)

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> [I try to work hard. I'm really proud of what I get to do as a living. I still pinch myself. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-try-to-work-hard-i-m-really-proud-of-what-i-get-to-do-as-a-living-i/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [The biggest challenge for any craft person or artist is to accept the constraints of their medium and make something beautiful despite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayelet-waldman/the-biggest-challenge-for-any-craft-person-or-artist-is-to-accept-the/)

[Ayelet Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayelet-waldman/)

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> [I realized I was not a great musical technician, if I was going to make anything interesting it would have to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-lewis/i-realized-i-was-not-a-great-musical-technician-if-i-was-going-to/)

[Jeffrey Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-lewis/)

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> [I was turned down by every record label in L.A. Perseverance is three quarters of the game. Talent's only a quarter. Being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-crow/i-was-turned-down-by-every-record-label-in-l-a-perseverance-is-three/)

[Sheryl Crow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheryl-crow/)

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> [I am not a historian. I happen to think that the content of my mother's life - her myths, her superstitions, her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/i-am-not-a-historian-i-happen-to-think-that-the-content-of-my-mother/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

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> [It is by losing ourselves in inquiry, creation & craft that we become something. Civilization is a continual gift of spirit: inventions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-goodman/it-is-by-losing-ourselves-in-inquiry-creation-craft-that-we-become/)

[Paul Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-goodman/)

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> [Improvisation is a great mystery. You play something, and you play an answer to it. Then you play something to wrap it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-knepper/improvisation-is-a-great-mystery-you-play-something-and-you-play-an/)

[Jimmy Knepper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-knepper/)

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> [Be personal, and original. Try to work clean. Stay away from topical material, as it does not allow you to craft it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-iglesias/be-personal-and-original-try-to-work-clean-stay-away-from-topical/)

[Gabriel Iglesias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-iglesias/)

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> [I realized that was what was happening in my work already. I think that's where, as artists, we begin to master our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalup-linzy/i-realized-that-was-what-was-happening-in-my-work-already-i-think/)

[Kalup Linzy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalup-linzy/)

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> [You have to be ready to go through peaks and valleys along the way. Be ready to sacrifice some of the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-cassie/you-have-to-be-ready-to-go-through-peaks-and-valleys-along-the-way-be/)

[Kyle Cassie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle-cassie/)

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> [Do not settle for easy. Do not settle for that first image. Craft it, work it, and make something more out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burnett/do-not-settle-for-easy-do-not-settle-for-that-first-image-craft-it/)

[David Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burnett/)

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                        "text": "Everyone has a different path. I knew no one in the acting industry growing up. I never did a play until college. I was not outspoken when I was younger and I hated being the center of attention. But I had a dream of being an actor. I went to NYU and studied theatre. I learned a craft. And began my career straight out of college.",
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                        "text": "I have been approached now and again about sitcoms, but, with very few exceptions, one simply needs to move to L.A. for at least a year or two these days if one wants to develop a series - which is what writing a pilot means. I've also been approached about writing episodes for sitcoms, but in order to do that one actually has to watch sitcoms. . . . Life's too short for television, and I don't what it on my actual gravestone, HE STARED AT A BOX FOR 10,000 HOURS.",
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                        "text": "There is no small degree of malicious craft in fixing upon a season to give a mark of enmity and ill-will: a word--a look, which at one time would make no impression, at another time wounds the heart, and, like a shaft flying with the wind, pierces deep, which, with its own natural force, would scarce have reached the object aimed at.",
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                        "text": "It is no secret. All power is one in source and end, I think. Years and distances, stars and candles, water and wind and wizardry, the craft in a man's hand and the wisdom in a tree's root: they all arise together. My name, and yours, and the true name of the sun, or a spring of water, or an unborn child, all are syllables of the great word that is very slowly spoken by the shining of the stars. There is no other power. No other name.",
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                        "text": "I do craft songs, that this is designed. It's almost like the song was written to produce this desired effect. And it probably really works for somebody. It's maybe somebody's favorite tune, and it's really hard to come down on that, even if I feel a little embarrassed for it. Because some songs are written like a commercial, and that can be a little strange.",
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                        "text": "What can one say about Michael Jackson? He is one of the world's most acclaimed entertainers, an innovative and exciting songwriter whose dancing seems to defy gravity and has been heralded by the likes of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. His public is perhaps unaware of the extent of his dedication to his craft. Restless, seldom satisfied, he is a perfectionist who is constantly challenging himself. To many people Michael Jackson seems an elusive personality, but to those who work with him, he is not. This talented artist is a sensitive man, warm, funny, and full of insight.",
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                        "text": "The story goes that every Jedi constructs his own lightsaber, and every penmonkey constructs his own pen. Meaning, we all find our own way through this crazy tangle of possibility. This isn't an art, a craft, a career, or an obsession that comes with easy answers and isn't given over to bullshit dichotomies. We do what we do in the way we do it and hope it's right. Read advice. Weigh it in your hand and determine its value. But at the end of the day - and at the start of it - what you should be doing is writing. Because thinking about writing and talking about writing just plain isn't writing.",
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                        "text": "If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects the personality of the writer. Now if a joke is in bad taste or it's not funny, okay, that's awhole different thing, but how you craft a joke is really what the writer's job is, and I don't think that technique should be subject to any editorial constraints.",
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                        "text": "I took many notes, more than usual before I sat down and wrote Act One, Scene One. I had perhaps eighty pages of notes. . . . I was so prepared that the script seemed inevitable. It was almost all there. I could almost collate it from my notes. The story line, the rather tenuous plot we have, seemed to work out itself. It was a very helpful way to write, and it wasn't so scary. I wasn't starting with a completely blank page.",
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