Quotes About Craft

I want to be an artist... an actor who acts really well.

The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business.

I have a writing addiction.

The actors I admire are character actors.

I am not a long-run actor. I admire actors who can do that.

People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.

When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.

Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.

I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else.

Really, acting is like anything else. The more time you put in, the more you learn and the more you can give back to the industry.

Anytime anyone gets passionate over a character you're playing, I think you've done your job well.

It's a lot to expect of yourself, to write a novel in a year. Anyway, you don't write a novel, you write a scene, and then another scene.

I work through the actors, and the more successful I am, the less my work is apparent.

I never lost my appetite for acting.

Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.

I appreciate film actors who respect the film making process.

I've never so appreciated what actors do and how strange it is.

I am a writer. It's like a third arm to me.

It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing.

Every artiste has a process.

I know I'm not known as method. By nature I'm not a brooder. What I continue to use is a mixture of the English school, which is traditionally outside-in, and the more American way of working from the inside out.

Acting is something I love. It's a great craft that I have a lot of respect for. But I don't think it's any greater challenge than teaching 8-year-olds or any other career. In my life, I try not to make it more important than it is and I just hope that rubs off on the people around me.

The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks.

If you want to be a calligrapher, write, and write, and write.