Quotes About Craft

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.

Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly; but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

Writing humor is not something every single person can do.

I think comedy is the hardest art form there is.

We often laughed at others in our house, and I picked up the craft of being polite while people were present and laughing later if there was anything to laugh about.

Erasing is exercise for the hands

Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you and he does.

Writing is my life. Life is my hobby.

Writing is like making love, editing is like giving your great grandfather a sponge bath.

How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and, ' 'the, ' and 'I, ' and 'it, ' and so on, and there's a huge number to choose from, so a lot of the work has been done for you.

Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work.

Great writers zealously learn the craft of their profession so they can release the power and the depth of their imagination and experience.

We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

Writing is a craft not an art.

A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing.

Architect is the father of all artists

Bash it out now, tart it up later.

Writing is not always a writer's playtime. It's actually a work in progress. Few understand this and mistakenly believe we're wasting time. But it's never a waste of time when doing what you love.

Knitting, he thought, was a comfort to the soul.

Writing is a craft which can be learned like any other. It is not, as some believe, a mystical gift granted only to a fortunate few. Writing simply involves a good deal of time, intense labor and, most of all, self-discipline.

And that the hand of fate has sleight and craft to match that of any magician.

The mystique and the false glamour of the writing profession grow partly out of a mistaken belief that people who can express profound ideas and emotions have ideas and emotions more profound than the rest of us. It isn't so. The ability to express is a special gift with a special craft to support it and is spread fairly equally among the profound, the shallow, and the mediocre.

What do you do for a living in Maine, Miss Kent?" "I'm a casket maker.