Quotes About Craft

Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.

It's good for a story to have a strong style.

I'm no lyrical stylist; you wouldn't pick me for a perfect sentence, and I certainly wouldn't describe my novels as intellectual.

I'm a writer, and the subject is less important than the act of writing itself.

A great story poorly told doesn't do anybody any good at all, and nobody wants to hear it, and nobody wants to read it. The craft of it is really more important than the subject matter.

Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.

I took my time to learn the craft and procedure. I wanted to do some substantial work first in cinema.

That's my job as an actor - to go on and try to do the work so subtle and so fine and specific that the memories will linger for a long time.

I learnt to keep my acting subtle.

I'm a writer; I like to retain subtlety and nuance.

My parents have - my dad has managed to succeed at his craft. So, you know, it's not like I was struggling in my life.

Buying a Nikon doesn't make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner.

He frowned as he struggled to remember. It was like watching an elephant crochet.

Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.

The art establishment has turned away from the old curriculum which puts beauty and craft at the top of the agenda.

I am a creature of my pen. My pen is the best of me.

I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it.

I realized that acting was the thing I was still maybe the best at. Of the things I felt like I was good at, that was the thing that came the most naturally to me.

If you talk to any actor, they'll tell you that working is the best thing.

The best way to become a writer is to go off and write.

Aaron Echolls is one of the best characters that I've ever played.

The story is always better than your ability to write it. My belief about this is that if you ever get to the point that you think you've done a story justice, you're in the wrong business.

Painting is a strange business.

Writing is a miserable, awful business. Stay with it. It is better than anything in the world.