Quotes About Mastery

I've turned into a technological wizard. I can send emails now, which for me is unbelievable. They don't make any sense, but I can send them. I call it e-mithering.

I'm a wizard at poetry.

Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf.

Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall,' which blew the top of my head straight off. I've read it three times, and I'm still trying to figure out how she put that magnificent thing together.

People who become 'elite' at what they do aren't striving to be 'elite' just to join some special club. They take great joy and satisfaction in the pursuit of mastery, and they compete against themselves, not others.

I think that writers are best served by sticking to their writing. Not having loads of theories about the best way to position the writing. I think that if the writing is good and the point of view is strong, the writing is going to take care of itself.

I think when you're learning an instrument, you are restricted because much of it is the noise of individual theory and your ability to play the instrument.

My best album is called In Search Of A Song. That was my best shot right there. My finest hour, as they say. I could listen to the whole thing all the way through. There's nothing really crammed into it.

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.

I was thirty when I did 'Jack.'

This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason.

All the great chefs I know - Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten - they are technicians first.

It's better to do something really really well and thorough, than I think to have a surface level version of a lot of different things.

He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer.

John not only taught me to explore, but to play thoroughly and completely.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts, our attitudes. That is why many people live in the withering negative world. That is why many people live in the Positive Faith world.

I thought a lot and I controlled my thoughts in my work - and I controlled my work through my thoughts.

Anyone can be a photographer, even a monkey can be taught to do that, but a developer, no. It is the work of real craftsmen, exactly like an engraver, a real profession.

Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.

The more incompetent you are, the more of a prisoner you are, the more competent you are, the more free you are.

the right to be a god

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.