Craft Quotes

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.

Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.

Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay.

Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.

I was dealing with craft, and that's the surprising thing, the number of people who have literally broken down on our stage, because when you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.

If there's no craft there, then once the looks go, there goes your career.

I'll need my whole lifetime to polish my craft.

It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today.

I learned my business in the theater and in television, particularly working with the actors. You can learn much more in the theater than directing a movie, because then you have no time when you are shooting a movie to really work with the actors. You have to learn this craft somewhere else.

But really important, perhaps most important is the craft; how you make your record, the creation of these sonic worlds you want your listener to hear.