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
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
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
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
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
The funniest novel you've never read. . . . Afternoon Men is a revelation to sophisticated readers of every stripe, but especially… — Blake Bailey Copy Share Image
When do I say No? I say No when I feel that the intention of the play, or the spirit, or tone… — Lisa Loomer Copy Share Image
Thanks to music I have found a deeper connection to an otherwise elusive God. Thru music I get to commune directly, and… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
It was never my dream to be famous. I didn’t start acting to be a movie star. I started in the theater… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
Tools may be animate as well as inanimate; for instance, a ship's captain uses a lifeless rudder, but a living man for… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
High-class kitsch may well be "perfect" in its form and and composition: the academic painters were often masters of their craft. Thus,… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
I've come to view screenwriting assignments as playwriting grants, because they provide a considerable financial cushion. However, they can also be extremely… — Donald Margulies Copy Share Image
My favorite actors are actors who are enigmatic and mysterious and never make the obvious choice in terms of the projects they… — Scarlett Johansson 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 rough and ready improvisational quality to life on board the International Space Station is reminiscent of a long trip in a… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
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
I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets,… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
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
Writers need to learn their trade, and how to negotiate the increasingly difficult marketplace. The trade can be taught and learned just… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that… — Gordon Willis Copy Share Image
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
Theatre, film and television are all modes of storytelling, and many of us are fortunate enough to move freely among them without… — Theresa Rebeck Copy Share Image
In the Craft the Goddess is not omnipotent. The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
I've always thought that a lot of really good writers go wrong by getting so into the craft and the technique and… — Patterson Hood Copy Share Image
Merely knowing your craft will never be enough to make a picture. If you ever amount to anything at all, it will… — Harvey Dunn 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
We have the ability to craft a life where we are completely fulfilled. We think it is dependent on outsiders, and to… — Srikumar Rao 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
I just feel like bands always need to work harder than the hardest working band. You need to constantly be one-upping yourself… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
THE DYING GAUL is a Hollywood satire. But Hollywood is not the real subject matter here. My play uses that world of… — Craig Lucas Copy Share Image