"Writing really is a difficult craft and there are many parts to master."
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"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."
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"I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft."
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"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."
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"When Fashion hath once Established, what Folly or craft began, Custom makes it Sacred, and 'twill be thought impudence or madness, to contradict or question it."
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"Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding."
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"You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready."
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"Art is elimination of the unnecessary."
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"Load every rift with ore."
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"Craft is a trick you make up to let you write the poem."
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"If you have enough craft, you've done your homework and you're practiced. You can then make the photograph you desire."
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"Whoever has a keen eye for profits, is blind in relation to his craft."
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"Any work of art must first of all tell a story."
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"You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do."
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"Self-expression without craft is for toddlers."
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"I believe in the honest craft of workmen."
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"I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others."
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"You don't want to OD on improvisation."
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"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."
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"Belonging to the Dramatists Guild Council where, with my fellow dramatists, I can directly affect (and protect) the professional lives of all American Playwrights has always made me feel that I am returning as much to the theatre as I withdraw. Because only playwrights can ensure the well-being of playwrights. No one else will do it for us."
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