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From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge.
All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.
Nothing can be rushed. It must grow, it should grow of itself, and if the time ever comes for that work, then so much the better!
...after a few days at the desk, telling the truth in an interesting way turns out to be as easy and pleasurable as bathing a cat.
Be a sponge. Spend as much time as possible with people who truly know their craft and be a great listener. That is how you learn.
I'm not pretending to be somebody who's got really limited craft skills. I just am a person who's got really limited craft skills.
Film-makers in Belgium are seen as arts and crafts makers. It is a small country. There is not really a film industry there at all.
Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else.
When you're writing a novel, you're still telling a story. But you're telling it very differently. It's a craft like anything else.
It's important to push yourself to get better at your craft - whatever that is. It's important to grow and evolve with each project.
I've always loved collecting arts and crafts - I have pieces by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William Morris at home in east London.
A big part of country music is a way of life, at least from my standpoint. That's how I craft my music from my own life experiences.
I always want to be growing in my craft. Any artist should - whether you paint, whether you do music or film - always grow and study.
Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love craft services!
Human happiness, true prosperity and joyful living can only emerge from a life of elegant simplicity, embedded in the arts and crafts.
[I am enthusiastic about journalism because] it's a craft that can ... galvanize an often complacent citizenry, and make a difference.
My only goal is to stay focused on my craft and make sure my life is as sharp as it can be to attack any character that is given to me.
My aim is not to exhibit craft, but rather to submerge it, and make it rightfully the handmaiden of beauty, power and emotional content.
An Edward Povey hangs in my living room and every day I am reminded of his originality, his beauty, and the eternal promise of his craft.
I dont want to waste my energy in other things; instead, I would put all that in reaching the next level in a craft that I love the most.
Arts and crafts, or getting to be in a play with people, or making a little short film, that's pure sugar, because the stakes are so low.
Great writers zealously learn the craft of their profession so they can release the power and the depth of their imagination and experience.
I don't approach my acting as just saying a few lines and then going off-screen. It's a craft. I really invest in trying to make it a craft.
Design is in everything we make, but it's also between those things. It's a mix of craft, science, storytelling, propaganda, and philosophy.
Books are great for if you want to work on the craft of writing for yourself, or, you know, to write novels or indie films, stuff like that.
To be sure, a good work of art can and will have moral consequences, but to demand of the artists moral intentions, means ruiningtheir craft.
Originality, then, ultimately distinguishes art from craft. We may say, therefore, that it is the yardstick of artistic greatness or importance.
There are a lot of considerations that come into play when you craft one of these 'Saw' scripts, and there's only so much you can put into them.
I want to be able to discuss craft but I also want to teach writers to trust their instincts and learn to listen to themselves above all others.
A play gets on Broadway by fluke. And you don't even start out with that ambition. When I do a play, the intention is just to put it up somewhere.
[Using humor to explore serious issues] disarms people. It's a way in. It's gentle, but at the same time it's subversive, and I like that duality.
Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone - beginners, children, and non-musicians.
The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it.
What drives me? Surrounding myself with amazing talent to craft a breakthrough product which can be used by millions of people to change the world.
Actually, here is something I'm passionate about that, looking around me, seems like the world at large must not care about as much as I do: craft.
I like to make things, but I looked at old craft books on weaving or mosaics or whatever, I'm like, 'I don't really know anything about that stuff.'
I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd get your supplies, and then you'd use your imagination.
Do everything you can to learn your craft. Score student films for free, attend conferences, learn music theory - do anything and everything you can.
To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare fail, that failure is his world and the shrink from desertion, art and craft, good housekeeping, living.
Sit down every day and DO IT. Writing is a self-taught craft; the more you work at it, the more skilled you become. And when you're not writing, READ.
I like doing arts and crafts, so I would probably go to one of those fun little ceramic places and go paint some plates and do something fun like that.
Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.
Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me.
I actually really love working with young actors because they're so responsive and instinctive, and it's a much less honed craft that they're employing.
To be an artist you have to be as much a businessman to succeed, you have to spend an equal amount of time doing business as you spend doing your craft.
Part of what I do is a craft, but part of what I do is a science. And I guess the craft comes in knowing what science to use and what science not to use.
Don't be too precious about your craft... there's only 26 letters and 12 notes, and Shakespeare and Beethoven said it all better than any of us ever will
The arts and crafts architecture of Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City is now hugely admired. Remember much of it was stimulated through open competition.
To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere and always be working on your craft while waiting for your break.
Study and know that we are always a student of the craft well after we've completed any course of study... and approach the work as a servant, not a star.