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"When you have somebody who takes their craft seriously, you don't have to babysit them and be there all the time."
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"As long as I can apply my craft, I'm happy."
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"I have never produced anything good except by a long succession of slight efforts."
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"If somebody crafts an interesting tweet that’ll lead me to their blog, I’m going to their blog."
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"Today, [theatre's] more likely to be consciously not aimed at the public, but at a more sophisticated or educated public. . . . The result is that some of the sheer humanity has leaked out of the enterprise."
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"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."
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"That's a very good way to learn the craft of writing - from reading."
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"Things in motion sooner catch the eye than what not stirs."
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"Composing on the typewriter, I find that I am sloughing off all my long sentences which I used to dote upon. Short, staccato, like modern French prose. The typewriter makes for lucidity, but I am not sure that it encourages subtlety."
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"Mediocre writers borrow; great writers steal."
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"Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft."
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"I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go."
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"Heroes? Don't believe in them."
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"The craft of the merchant is this bringing a thing where it abounds to where it is costly."
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"Fear, Craft and Avarice Cannot rear a State."
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"It's harder to work with people who are not as dedicated to their craft. It also leaves you a better actor when you finish the project, since you always feel like you've learned something."
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"I don't know exactly how it's done. I let it alone a good deal."
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"Books are great for if you want to work on the craft of writing for yourself, or, you know, to write novels or indie films, stuff like that."
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"Always work with people that are better at their craft than you are."
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