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If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.
I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
You have to believe in yourself. You have to go out there and love what you are and who you know you are in terms of your craft.
When a character has so many secrets and so much inner life, it's a joy to play those characters because you can use your craft.
You can have someone younger, faster, but if you have got that experience and that ring craft, you can do anything in that ring.
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.
I was really learning my craft as a jazz singer and working with some great players and all, really growing and feeling my wings.
Fame isn't happiness, but success and being respected in your craft is worth fighting for. You've got to work hard to be noticed.
I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft as a writer.
Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience.
I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.
I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can't carry you through.
It doesn't matter to me where am I going. Language is not a barrier for me, I can go anywhere with my craft, so why not Hollywood?
My talent is universal, and acting is a craft that can be used anywhere, unless ethnicity comes into play, and then, looks matter.
Read. Read. Read. Read many genres. Read good writing. Read bad writing and figure out the difference. Learn the craft of writing.
In fact, I'm very grateful that we were given that time to invest in ourselves and our craft before we were exposed to the public.
Technology is rapidly changing our transportation systems, and if we craft smart regulations, these changes can be for the better.
It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.
Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect.
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.
I could take a cemetery and make all the tombstones beer companies. There's a lot of craft beers that came and went. A lot of them.
I look at making a record and being in a recording studio as more of a craft; You have to be so much more careful and play simpler.
I prefer that we sit down and craft a bill that addresses the many challenges we face, not only domestically, but as a world leader.
My first Hindi film as a leading man was Mahesh Bhatt's 'Saaransh,' which immediately established me as someone who knows the craft.
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!
I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of craft.
I just try to work on my craft. Try to be as complete a player as possible, and I've just been focusing on being a consistent player.
Craft comes into acting later rather than sooner. I was somebody who had to learn through a process - a natural actor doesn't need to.
If I hadn't been a designer, I'd have been a painter. I began as a painter and learned the craft of pottery in order to support myself.
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.
Singing and composing come naturally to me, but acting does not. I have worked at it and attended several workshops to learn the craft.
Surround yourself with people you can always learn something from. Always work with people that are better at their craft than you are.
For me, learning about cinema and the craft and the art of it, through making films with great people, has been such a cool experience.
For making a good comedy film, you need a good writer whose craft can be understood through the time that he takes to write his script.
The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
The most important thing I learned from Dad about show business was never take myself seriously and never stop having fun with my craft.
Cooking is not a craft to get into for money. The money may come, or it may not. But you must get into it for the craft and the culture.
The most important advice I can offer is that writing is a craft that you can learn by practicing. If you keep writing, you will improve.
Chris Messina is amazing, and he's so serious - he's, like, a proper actor! He's got craft! I love to watch him. But not in a creepy way.
I think, as long as people are doing their craft at a high level, I'm going to have respect for it and find something that appeals to me.
Jeffrey Zeldman had an astonishing ability to craft a seductive coolness using educated references, dry humor, and retro/organic imagery.
I want to write more and direct more, but only so I can keep practising my craft and be involved in the projects that really interest me.
Wrestling isn't like ballet; it's not about practicing a routine. You need to focus. You need to concentrate. You need to know your craft.
Art can't be taught; passion can't be taught; discipline can't be taught; but craft can be taught. And writing is both an art and a craft.
I don't 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.
If it's flipping hamburgers at McDonald's, be the best hamburger flipper in the world. Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft.
My foundation in acting has been serious theatre: Albert Camus, Arthur Miller, Shakespeare. It's really the best medium to learn the craft.
The great thing about 'Justified' is that the writers will craft a scene, but if the actors come up with a great idea, they're 100% for it.
Both Aishwaryaa and Soundarya are talented and ambitious. They are both daughters of the Superstar and have great command over their craft.
I want to go make an original movie. It's all very personal, but I want to define myself a little bit more as a filmmaker and hone my craft.