Quotes About Crafting

Writing for me is largely about rewriting.

I like to think of myself as kind of a sculptor, only I sculpt people.

It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering.

Once you're directing, you're kind of in a certain mode, where you're taking whatever is on the page and forming it into the film that you think it might want to be. So whether it's my writing or not, I still try to work with it in the same way.

I build my characters from the day they're born to the first page of the script.

My style is about making things last forever. When you're on a budget, it can be daunting to spend $300 on a pair of boots or a coat. But such basics are the building blocks from which your look is crafted.

I like to make collages - paper collages.

Something I worry about a lot when I write, that I'm less worried about with a computer, is about the ways in which English is ambiguous. I'm constantly worrying about ways in which the reader might misinterpret what I've written. So I've actually spent a lot of time consciously crafting the mechanics of my prose style to use constructions that are less likely to be misinterpreted.

A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.

Good stories are not written, they are rewritten

Polling is an art as well as a science, and the art of crafting good questions is still vital.

Nothing feels better than constructing a beautiful sentence.

I can't tell you exactly how I found it. It was just a process of writing a lot of stories and reading a lot of stories that I admired and just working and working until the sentences sounded right and I was satisfied with them.

I've always made my own clothes since I was a little girl. I was a terrible sewer, but I was always cutting and customising.

I do enjoy sewing.

My mother is very good at sewing and makes wonderful quilts.

My quilting is dookie. All needlepoint-related things I should do better on, being honest.

When I was younger, my grandma taught me how to cut patterns and sew.

I've never been able to sit down with a pen and paper and kind of craft out a song, or really force anything out. It always has to come almost subconsciously.

When I need to get away from my desk, I tend to take walks or go places. I also like to bead - working with beads to make jewellery.

Sometimes a manuscript is like bread dough. You have to abuse it.

because everyone knew you knitted argyle socks only for a boyfriend.

consensus, I envision people putting their best ideas on the table and crafting a different option that both sides can embrace.

If one idea in particular seems attractive, and you feel you could do something with it, then you toss it around, play tricks with it, work it up, tone it down, and gradually get it into shape. Then, of course, you have to start writing it. That's not nearly such fun–it becomes hard work. Alternatively, you can tuck it carefully away, in storage, for perhaps using in a year or two years' time.