201 Quotes About Craft

I think one should pay so much attention to technique, don't you? Like learning to draw before you paint.

[I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short.

Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.

Reality is crafted

When you are posessed by evil spirits, it is crafty manipulations that you follow; but when you are posessed by the Holy Spirit of God, it is wise discretions you pursue!

The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort towards wholeness.

I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden.

If I didn't know the ending of a story, I wouldn't begin. I always write my last lines, my last paragraph first, and then I go back and work towards it. I know where I'm going. I know what my goal is. And how I get there is God's grace.

Ladies and gentleman," he said over the speakers, "welcome aboard this recently liberated Gulfstream V. If I could have your attention for just a few moments, I'd like to go over the safety features of this aircraft. It has an engine, to make us go, and wings, to keep us in the air. There are seatbelts, which won't do you an awful lot of good if we fly into the side of a mountain.