Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
The secret is to start a story near the ending.
Any work of art must first of all tell a story.
I'll need my whole lifetime to polish my craft.
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.
Poets are interested mostly in death and commas.
Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
Mystery is the basic element of all works of art.
A poet's interest in craft never fades, of course.
If you're looking for messages, try Western Union.
Write from what you know into what you don't know.
The big secret is the ability to stay in the room.
The craft of photography is the key to good images.
What one wants to do with stories is screw them up.
What I don't write is as important as what I write.
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.
Nobody wants to see the village of the happy people.
I never lost the taste and craft of the Renaissance.
You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be.
You have all the scenes. Just go home and word it in.
I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.
I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.
There are no rules, but you break them at your peril.
Never be sincere - sincerity is the death of writing.
Programming is not a science. Programming is a craft.
Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts
My eyes glaze over at a writer solving tiny problems.
Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
It's not recognized by enough people as a worthy craft.
Craft is a trick you make up to let you write the poem.
Is the story developing an attitude or victimized by it.
All our heroes, all our great stories are about failure.
To make your unknown known - that's the important thing.
You have to talk to the stone, and it has to talk to you.
The only thing you have then to believe in is your craft.
I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.
Things in motion sooner catch the eye than what not stirs.
The greatest kindness would put a bullet in his bright eye.
A poem is a serious joke, a truth that has learned jujitsu.
If you want to be a musician, study your craft. Study music.
In this art form, in any art form, generalities are useless.
Between craft and credulity, the voice of reason is stifled.
It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit.
A craft can only have meaning when it serves a spiritual way.
Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.
. . . don't rewrite unless you know what you're trying to do.
The sentence is the greatest human invention of civilization.
Obviously, I haven't really progressed that much at my craft.
I love arts and crafts. They used to be my favorite in school.