Quotes About Craft

What I noticed is that the lens from which people want to look at 'Minari' is just from that Asian-American angle. And I think that can end up being very frustrating. Because the craft of the film, and this film itself, is meant to embody a lot of different things.

When I began to write seriously, 40 years ago now, my chosen form was the novel.

A good novel editor is invisible.

And it is a folly to try to craft a novel for the screen, to write a novel with a screen contract in mind.

'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write.

I'm not a biographer, I'm a novelist.

I wrote a novel, so now they can call me a novelist. I tell stories; that's it.

I wouldn't sit down and work at writing a song like a novelist or something.

The novel is just fine: It's novelists who aren't doing so well.

I'm very interested in writing - it just takes so much discipline, whether it's short stories or novels.

Even the best novels have their share of stinker lines.

In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative.

There are people who say they want to write novels. They think, 'I'll learn my craft on the romance novel.' If you don't love the genre, it's going to show, and it's not going to be a good book.

When it comes to writers, I'm a huge fan of Ian McEwan. I've never taken a writing course, but reading and deconstructing his novels has been as good a lesson as any.

I was a stickler. I wanted to learn every nuance to my craft. And that's not just talking about in the ring. It's all facets. Production, marketing, PR. I've always looked at this business as a business.

As actors, that has been challenging for us to pick up the nuances of the living legends we are playing.

Number one, I am a true movie maker. And, you know, I am very much - I don't want to say infatuated, but I'm impressed with the art of making a movie and invoking emotion. You know, when I started making movies, I thought it was easy, and then when I got into it, I was like, 'This is not easy at all.'

It's my music. It's my craft. If you don't like it, then turn it off. Don't listen to it. But a lot of people listen to it... The numbers, they add up.

If there is one thing I object to, it's actors talking about how tough their jobs are.

You can never let anything distract you from your main objective. My only goal is to be great. That's all I want. That's all I ever aspire to be. Greatness is something nobody can ever take away from you, no matter what happens. So I put all my energy and focus into my craft.

I think of it as the lasagna approach to writing because I'm always adding layers. I'll sometimes do it layer by layer, with dialogue, attribution, action, objects in the scene, setting... It can be sometimes that delineated.

I really respect my craft and obligation to my audience.

The novelist's obsession, moment by moment, is with language: finding the right next word.

You know, to an extent, Method acting feels occasionally lazy.