The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
The master of any craft is first a master of self, cooperating with innate intelligence within.
you have not a boat of your own, that is just it; that is what women always suffer from; they have to steer, but the craft is some one else's, and the haul too.
Writing is not a mystery. It is a craft like any other, and it can be learned.
There comes a point when the paint doesn't feel like paint. I don't know why. Some mysterious thing happens. I think you have all experienced it. . . What counts is that the paint should really disappear, otherwise it's craft.
We want someone to bring us the news.
Do your homework, study the craft, believe in yourself, and out-work everyone.
Machiavelli says that if as a ruler you accept that your every action must pass moral scrutiny, you will without fail be defeated by an opponent who submits to no such moral test. To hold on to power, you have not only to master the crafts of deception and treachery but to be prepared to use them where necessary.
Fill the moment and find variety.
Whenever I feel I'm working in a groove it's invariably because I feel I am being the benefactor in the situation rather than the beneficiary. I am sharing my art with others, lending my craft to theirs, interest-free with no IOU.
Talk isn't work. Work is when you have pages in the evening that you didn't have in the morning.
I don't master my craft or my style enough to have any philosophy or dogma to which I feel I belong.
Spielberg knows his craft so well, he can also improvise, and that is a lot of fun.
Mystery is the basic element of all works of art.
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.
Mediocre writers borrow; great writers steal.
I introduced myself to Scorsese and I said, "If you need someone to do craft services, I'm there. "
How does one craft happiness out of something as important, as complicated, as unrepeatable and as easily damaged as life?
Work on your craft, and your career will come. Work on your community, and your career will come. But just work on your career, and youll have neither a craft nor a community.
Are all your stars shining?