Quotes About Craftsmanship

I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

My brother Alex is so creative. He's good at making stuff and runs his own clothing brand.

I know what I am doing with my handbag design and clothing design.

People used to think we just faked all that stuff... it was all written, rehearsed. The fact that it looks as cobbled together as it does is just that we weren't very good.

A cocktail can be made by the bartender. But the cocktail also can be made by the chef.

I collect antiques. Why? Because they're beautiful.

I've been a fan and collector of Lucie Rie for years.

With most specials, even the best comedians will tell you they could have cut 15 or 20 minutes out of it.

The most labor-intensive part of putting together a comic is the drawing.

I feel like there are comic book artists who are comic book artists, and then there's comic book artists who are cartoonists.

Comics are a particularly esoteric field where you really learn how to do it, by doing it or by learning from other practitioners.

Writing comics and drawing comics is a really very specific art form. It's a lot easier to get it wrong than it is to get it right.

I'm very hands on with my music - I do all the artwork and everything myself - and the songs I write aren't necessarily the most commercial.

I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible.

I don't really think in terms of making something that is going to be bought everywhere, because I don't read those things. My writing is a process in which I try my best to make good sentences and a sequence of events that is compelling and believable.

You need to be a good filmmaker to make a compelling two-minute film as well.

No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.

I like films to be complete in their written form.

When you compose, it's like writing. You're like a writer. You just think all the time.

According to me, one composer should do one film.

You've got to be an editor in order to be a good composer.

As a writer, I always tend to take the liberty and the great artistic luxury of a composite form of writing.

Luxury is research in quality. It's quality with no compromise. What does that mean? That you don't think about how much something will cost to be able to achieve the very, very best.

The name 'con artist' really does capture it. They're artists, and I have admiration for all artists.