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> [As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-manguel/as-centuries-of-dictators-have-known-an-illiterate-crowd-is-the/)

[Alberto Manguel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-manguel/)

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> [I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-mantle/i-don-t-care-what-the-situation-was-how-high-the-stakes-were-the/)

[Mickey Mantle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-mantle/)

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> [Be critical of but not brutal with your writing. If something isn't essential, get rid of it. Remember that good dialogue can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-george/be-critical-of-but-not-brutal-with-your-writing-if-something-isn-t/)

[Elizabeth George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-george/)

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> [The more horses you yoke the quicker everything will go - not the rending of the block from its foundation, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/the-more-horses-you-yoke-the-quicker-everything-will-go-not-the/)

[Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/)

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> [There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-brothers/there-is-a-rule-in-sailing-where-the-more-maneuverable-ship-should/)

[Joyce Brothers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-brothers/)

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> [. . . what happened, of course, was that I was writing a play set in the 1940's that was supposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/what-happened-of-course-was-that-i-was-writing-a-play-set-in-the-1940/)

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

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> [I started in the P.A. world and craft service and storyboard artist, with the eye on the prize of directing. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfonso-gomez-rejon/i-started-in-the-p-a-world-and-craft-service-and-storyboard-artist/)

[Alfonso Gomez-Rejon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfonso-gomez-rejon/)

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> [It's dedicating yourself to your craft. Spending thousands of hours in a studio learning how to write a song, learning how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-mars/it-s-dedicating-yourself-to-your-craft-spending-thousands-of-hours-in/)

[Bruno Mars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-mars/)

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> [Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/tragedy-is-an-imitation-not-only-of-a-complete-action-but-of-events/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [Eyes Tell Stories But do they know how to craft fiction? Do they know how to spin lies? His eyes swear forever,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/eyes-tell-stories-but-do-they-know-how-to-craft-fiction-do-they-know-2/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

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> [I've never written a fiction before about real people. . . . I read everything that I could find by people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-frayn/i-ve-never-written-a-fiction-before-about-real-people-i-read/)

[Michael Frayn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-frayn/)

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> [It takes about ten years to make a mature dancer. The training is twofold. There is the study and practice of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-graham/it-takes-about-ten-years-to-make-a-mature-dancer-the-training-is/)

[Martha Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-graham/)

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> [What of miniature boats constructed of birch bark and fallen leaves, launched onto cold water clear as air? How many fleets were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/what-of-miniature-boats-constructed-of-birch-bark-and-fallen-leaves/)

[Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/)

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> [So how does one go about proving something like this? It's not like being a lawyer, where the goal is to persuade…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/so-how-does-one-go-about-proving-something-like-this-it-s-not-like/)

[Paul Lockhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lockhart/)

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> [If you would like to write better than everybody else, you have to want to write better than everybody else. You must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/if-you-would-like-to-write-better-than-everybody-else-you-have-to/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

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> [Ultimately, we as a band just write what we write. Some of it's very serious, and even in the serious songs, there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-robertson/ultimately-we-as-a-band-just-write-what-we-write-some-of-it-s-very/)

[Ed Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-robertson/)

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> [If you want to be considered a poet, you will have to show mastery of the petrarchan sonnet form or the sestina.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/if-you-want-to-be-considered-a-poet-you-will-have-to-show-mastery-of/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

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> [ \[Nixon\] reduced the meaning of his life to nothing but power. In the film, we gave this sad figure consciousness of what… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/nixon-reduced-the-meaning-of-his-life-to-nothing-but-power-in-the/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

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> [When I got to the end of this play, I realized I was trying to make Angel do something that had not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/when-i-got-to-the-end-of-this-play-i-realized-i-was-trying-to-make/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

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> [A first novel of astonishing force, craft and beauty, The Headmaster's Wager conjures up a dizzyingly evocative wartime Saigon in the story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janice-y-k-lee-2/a-first-novel-of-astonishing-force-craft-and-beauty-the-headmaster-s/)

Janice Y. K. Lee

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> [What is to be done about these literary people, who will never understand that painting is a craft and that the material…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/what-is-to-be-done-about-these-literary-people-who-will-never/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

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> [Living in the world of the workshop, which I do as a teacher, you have to be articulate about craft. And that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-m-soehnlein/living-in-the-world-of-the-workshop-which-i-do-as-a-teacher-you-have/)

[K. M. Soehnlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-m-soehnlein/)

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> [We are constantly telling ourselves what we most want to know, and at the same time are deaf to it. Why does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-friedman/we-are-constantly-telling-ourselves-what-we-most-want-to-know-and-at/)

[Bonnie Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-friedman/)

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> [My dad's an artist, and my grandfather paints - he's not a painter; my grandfather's a butcher - but he does a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brett-dalton/my-dad-s-an-artist-and-my-grandfather-paints-he-s-not-a-painter-my/)

[Brett Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brett-dalton/)

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> [on Broadway money rules. Like a host of vultures, the ticket brokers, the speculators, the craft unions, the agents, the backers, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/on-broadway-money-rules-like-a-host-of-vultures-the-ticket-brokers/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

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> [I encourage my students to be honest in their assessment of both the published work we read and the work of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cate-marvin/i-encourage-my-students-to-be-honest-in-their-assessment-of-both-the/)

[Cate Marvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cate-marvin/)

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> [Although knowledge of structure is helpful, real creativity comes from leaps of faith in which you jump to something illogical. But those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/although-knowledge-of-structure-is-helpful-real-creativity-comes-from/)

[Francis Ford Coppola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-ford-coppola/)

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> [I was born in 1960 and can still tell you the name of every astronaut from Mercury to Apollo. If I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-betzig/i-was-born-in-1960-and-can-still-tell-you-the-name-of-every-astronaut/)

[Eric Betzig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-betzig/)

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> [Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-l-heureux/obscenities-are-too-often-used-for-shock-value-as-a-kind-of-shorthand/)

[John L'Heureux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-l-heureux/)

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> [An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all... feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cezanne/an-art-which-isn-t-based-on-feeling-isn-t-an-art-at-all-feeling-is/)

[Paul Cezanne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cezanne/)

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> [I'm a compulsive enjamber. I'm drawn to half-meanings created by the line, so that's definitely an element of craft that's always on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-journey/i-m-a-compulsive-enjamber-i-m-drawn-to-half-meanings-created-by-the/)

[Anna Journey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-journey/)

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> [Now, I do say, "It's possible. You might be the first. I'm not saying it's impossible, but the odds are very much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/now-i-do-say-it-s-possible-you-might-be-the-first-i-m-not-saying-it-s/)

[Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/)

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> [You need to work at the craft of songwriting, but not only the craft. When I see people working both on themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-eaglesmith/you-need-to-work-at-the-craft-of-songwriting-but-not-only-the-craft/)

[Fred Eaglesmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-eaglesmith/)

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> [Seek one woman whom thou canst trust, and to her who lovest thee best, tell thy secrets. She will deliver thee from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gelett-burgess/seek-one-woman-whom-thou-canst-trust-and-to-her-who-lovest-thee-best/)

[Gelett Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gelett-burgess/)

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> [Art itself cannot be taught, but craftsmanship can. Architects, painters, sculptors are all craftsmen in the original sense of the word. Thus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/art-itself-cannot-be-taught-but-craftsmanship-can-architects-painters/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

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> [It's like going to the gym everyday. It really is. I work hard on my craft, I sweat a little bit, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-long/it-s-like-going-to-the-gym-everyday-it-really-is-i-work-hard-on-my/)

[Nia Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-long/)

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> [Good writing is good writing no matter what genre you're writing in, and I believe that there are only a handful of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-heard/good-writing-is-good-writing-no-matter-what-genre-you-re-writing-in/)

Georgia Heard

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> [I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-leary/i-think-it-s-a-shame-when-you-come-across-young-actors-and-musicians/)

[Denis Leary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-leary/)

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> [That's how I see myself as an actress. I may not be the best in the world, but I love my craft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-hathaway/that-s-how-i-see-myself-as-an-actress-i-may-not-be-the-best-in-the/)

[Anne Hathaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-hathaway/)

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> [To say that an author is a reader or a reader an author, to see a book as a human being or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-manguel/to-say-that-an-author-is-a-reader-or-a-reader-an-author-to-see-a-book/)

[Alberto Manguel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-manguel/)

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                        "text": "Eyes Tell Stories But do they know how to craft fiction? Do they know how to spin lies? His eyes swear forever, flatter with vows of only me. But are they empty promises? I stare into his eyes, as into a crystal ball, but I cannot find forever, only movies of yesterday, a sketchbook of today, dreams of a shared tomorrow. His eyes whisper secrets. But are they truths or fairy tales? I wonder if even he knows.",
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                        "text": "I've never written a fiction before about real people. . . . I read everything that I could find by people who met them and tried to get some impression of them, but as always when you write fiction, even if you have completely fictitious characters, you start by thinking of what is plausible, what would they say, what would they be likely to do, what would they be likely to think. At some point, if it is every going to come to life, the characters seem to take over and start speaking themselves, and it happened with [COPENHAGEN].",
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                        "text": "It takes about ten years to make a mature dancer. The training is twofold. There is the study and practice of the craft in order to strengthen the muscular structure of the body. The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted. The movement become clean, precise, eloquent, truthful. Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it. This might be called the law of the dancer's life, the law which governs its outer aspects",
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                        "text": "What of miniature boats constructed of birch bark and fallen leaves, launched onto cold water clear as air? How many fleets were pushed out toward the middles of ponds or sent down autumn brooks, holding treasures of acorns, or black feathers, or a puzzled mantis? Let those grassy crafts be listed alongside the iron hulls that cleave the sea, for they are all improvisations built from the daydreams of men, and all will perish, whether from the ocean siege or October breeze.",
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                        "text": "So how does one go about proving something like this? It's not like being a lawyer, where the goal is to persuade other people; nor is it like a scientist testing a theory. This is a unique art form within the world of rational science. We are trying to craft a \"poem of reason\" that explains fully and clearly and satisfies the pickiest demands of logic, while at the same time giving us goosebumps.",
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                        "text": "If you would like to write better than everybody else, you have to want to write better than everybody else. You must take an obsessive pride in the smallest details of your craft. And you must be willing to defend what you've written against the various middlemen - editors, agents and publishers - whose sights may be different from yours, whose standards not so high.",
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