Crafts Quotes · Page 7

I love arts and crafts. They used to be my favorite in school.

— Liza Soberano

Gay guys know how to craft, and they craft really well. Straight guys, forget it.

— Amy Sedaris

Poets are interested mostly in death and commas.

— Carolyn Kizer

Art leaves something to the listener; that's what separates art from craft.

— Henry Threadgill

A poem is a serious joke, a truth that has learned jujitsu.

— William Stafford

Writing really is a difficult craft and there are many parts to master.

— James Johnson

I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it.

— Jack Nicholson

The hard part is getting to the top of page 1.

— Tom Stoppard

Talents of the novelist: ... observation of character, analysis of emotion, people's feelings, personal relations ...

— Virginia Woolf

Talk isn't work. Work is when you have pages in the evening that you didn't have in the morning.

— Frederic Raphael

I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this, the craft, the style.

— Douglas Sirk

I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing…

— Patti Smith

If somebody crafts an interesting tweet that'll lead me to their blog, I'm going to their blog.

— Anthony Bourdain

Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for…

— Dave Grohl

Any claim to actual identification as a drama must rest upon the construction of a plot independent of the assignment of affliction…

— David Mamet

Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.

— Vidal Sassoon

I go on at least 2-3 auditions a week in the pursuit of more work. So I'm constantly working on material and…

— Jake Busey

I learned my business in the theater and in television, particularly working with the actors. You can learn much more in the…

— Michael Haneke

If film making is magic, there's a difference between close up magic and David Copperfield. If you're doing close up magic, which…

— Guillermo del Toro

I would love to direct but I feel like directing is a whole separate craft and so I tend to respect it…

— Michael Ealy

Though I don't like the crew, I won't sink the ship. In fact, in time of storm I'll do my best to…

— Daniel Defoe

Harvey [Weinstein] didn't want to release [MY SON THE FANATIC]; he held it for two years because he wanted a happy ending,…

— Hanif Kureishi

I don't assume, because I can write screenplays, that I know how to write a novel. It's a very different world. There's…

— Melissa Rosenberg

I know there are writers who get up every morning and sit by their typewriter or word processor or pad of paper…

— Wole Soyinka

Submit an agreement providing for the peaceful absorbtion of a celestial races in such a manner that our culture would remain intact…

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

I went to Catholic high school, so my being in this [the craft] is not going to make my grandmother very happy.…

— Robin Tunney

Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than…

— Leonard Michaels

You can gain experience, if you are careful to avoid empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artisan who…

— Trevanian

To many Congressmen and Senators right now, there's a ceaseless antagonism toward Hollywood because politically, it is high-reward and low-risk. So when…

— Jack Valenti

I feel that puttin' in the hours and years in the studio, honing my craft, definitely played a part, me consciously networking…

— Nipsey Hussle

Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence. It is no fun to write lumpishly, dully, in prose the reader…

— Barbara Tuchman

The complete novelist would come into the world with a catalog of qualities like this. He would own the concentration of a…

— Leon Uris

The novel is a prose narrative of some length that has something wrong with it.

— Randall Jarrell

Obviously, I haven't really progressed that much at my craft.

— Rod Stewart

Using language like jungle growth isn't the solution to telling a story.

— John L'Heureux

Things in motion sooner catch the eye than what not stirs.

— William Shakespeare

If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last.

— Anton Chekhov

Other kids did drugs; I did crafts. I never knew where I fit in.

— Kathie Lee Gifford

Writing is not a mystery. It is a craft like any other, and it can be learned.

— Robert Scholes

Self-expression without craft is for toddlers.

— Rosanne Cash