Quotes About Craftsmanship

Good stories are not written. They are rewritten.

There is only good art and mediocre art.

All bad art is the result of good intentions.

A good story needs only a good storyteller.

My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.

There are a lot of good actors, and writers out there.

Good acting should be invisible. You shouldn't be aware of the acting. It should feel real.

No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it

We both [with Alixandra Kolesky MacKenzie] got into ceramics, you might say, by the back door. Looking back on it, I think this was a very good thing.

There is no such thing as great writing - there is only great re-writing!

There is no great writing, only great rewriting.

Great books write themselves, only bad books have to be written.

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry.

I'm not a great writer. I'm a great rewriter.

Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film direction!

The great art of writing is knowing when to stop.

Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer.

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

I would like to be a great artist. I would quit pitching if I could paint like Monet or Rousseau. But I cant. What I can do is pitch, and I can do that very well.

I could design an $800 shoe line it's easy. You use the best materials and you can make beautiful shoes. It's easier than making great shoes for $90.

It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.

Lizzy Weiss is such a great writer, and she really writes for the performances.

You'll learn that the key to a great book is editing-grindin g, buffing, and polishing-not writing.

All great writers begin with a good leather binding and a respectable title.