Quotes About Mastery

People don't know what filmmaking is even after they have made ten films.

I'm trying to become just more clinical in every situation, whether it's the final pass, the final shot, or whatever it is.

Chelsea know how to win cup finals.

You can't do a fine thing without having seen fine examples.

I am the finesse king, especially when it comes to shoes.

I am trying to build the biggest callus possible on my first finger so I can do one-finger bends and vibrato like B.B. King.

I think there's not a lot of real filmmakers. There are only a few people who make real cinema. I can count them on my fingers.

You can sand something forever. You can keep working on it. All the arts are like that: there's no magical finish line. You get sick of working on it or you walk away.

I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it.

I'm quite good at finishing, I suppose.

First of all, I can't really claim to be a great chef.

It's harder to get your second picture than it is to get your first one.

I kind of discovered my voice for the first time, and the more I did it, the better it got.

The first time I do something, I'll probably be good at it.

I take to acting like a fish to water.

I really feel like I honed in on a sound and a style of writing that best fits me.

Part of being a really good chef or cook is being able to fix disasters.

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.

I want to train with whoever is the best.

To me, I'm on a whole different level of rapping.

It is no compliment to be the stupidly idolised master of a dog whose instinct it is to idolise, but it is a very distinct tribute to be chosen as the friend and confidant of a philosophic cat who is wholly his own master and could easily choose another companion if he found such an one more agreeable and interesting.