Quotes About Craftsmanship

I think the best rappers practice concept albums in their work.

I don't go in and just get to rapping off the dome. I think about it. I really think about it, especially when I make the story.

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes.

I have rarely seen the face of a mechanic in the action of creation which was not fine, never one which was not earnest and impressive.

I try and get it right the first time. I may rewrite a sentence four or five times, but I rarely go back and kill a whole page and rewrite it.

I'm a studio rat. I like going in there as producer.

Everybody is so right when they keep raving about their work experiences with Mr. Bachchan. It was a treat really. He has honed his craft to another level altogether.

Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to imitate.

If I'm going to have something rich and yummy, I'm not reaching for prepackaged brownies. I'm going to make a pie from scratch.

The very best way I can make any reader believe in the nuts and bolts of an art form... is to know the mechanics, to make the characters grounded in convincing detail.

Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.

What most readers do not realize is that it takes a particular genius to write funny, to satirize.

I think of real estate as a little bit like cooking or like art.

People don't necessarily realise that there can be just as much work on a quiet jacket as an overblown gown.

We realised that the safer creative people and craftsman feel, the better the collection they produce. If they do a better collection, my revenues grow. It is not easy to attach figures, but it is what happens.

I have realised I am a director's actor.

As an actor, it's my job to prepare myself for a role. If the character is realistic, one can't go wrong.

I like method actors who don't focus on the glamorous side, but on realistic acting.

I believe good writing can save bad art.

In good writing, the contemplative and the exciting happen at the same time.

You just can't make bad writing look good. But if you have good writing, you just say it, and it's almost done.

I am a stickler for damn good writing.

Give me good writing, and I'll play it all day.

The thing about good writing is it has a music to it.