Quotes about Craft

I could hardly sit through 'Frozen.' There was an attempt to craft a moral message and to build the story around that, instead of building the story and letting the moral message emerge. It was the subjugation of art to propaganda, in my estimation.

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture

There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.

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.

Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

Grandma quilts have love in every stitch.

You don't write for success. That takes part of your attention away from the writing. If you're really doing it, that's all you're doing: writing.

Man is the artificer of his own happiness.

Get the chisel out and start making something real. Anything else is just a distraction.

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

You can set up an altar to God in your minds by means of prayer. And so it is fitting to pray at your trade, on a journey, standing at a counter or sitting at your handicraft.