“When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.” WritingHardYoungNovelPiecesCrafts Author:Laini Taylor
“. . . you [film critics] always overstress the value of images. You judge films in the first place by their visual impact instead of looking for content. This is a great disservice to the cinema. It is like judging a novel only by the quality of its prose. I was guilty of the same sin when I first started writing for the cinema. . . . Now I feel that only the literary mind can help the movies out of that cul de sac into which they have been driven by mere technicians and artificers.” FeelsWritingMindFirstsHas BeensHelpingFilmValuesSinQualityNovelJudgingImpactMereCriticsDrivenGuiltyCraftsCinemaVisualsProseTechniciansDisserviceFilm Critics Author:Orson Welles
“I don't assume, because I can write screenplays, that I know how to write a novel. It's a very different world. There's a craft involved in storytelling, and it's a different kind of craft. But yes, someday I will do that. It just might be awhile.” KnowsWorldWritingKindI CanDifferentMightNovelKnow HowInvolvedAssumingStorytellingCraftsSomedayDifferent KindsBecause I CanScreenplaysDifferent Worlds Author:Melissa Rosenberg
“Art, at any rate in a novel, must be indissolubly linked with craft.” ArtNovelRateCraftsLinked Author:Elizabeth Bowen
“I've told youngsters not to write their autobiographical novel at the age of twenty-one; to save it for the time when they're fifty-one or sixty-one. They should write other novels first, to learn their craft; they shouldn't cut their teeth on the valuable material of childhood because they'll never have better material, ever, to work with.” ShouldWritingFirstsAgeNovelCuttingChildhoodMaterialsTwentiesValuableTeethCraftsFiftySixtyAutobiographyTwenty OneYoungsters Author:Laura Z. Hobson
“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.” IfsKnowsWantWritingBookFilmStuffNovelCraftsIndie FilmsWriting For Yourself Author:Thomas Lennon
“Every serious novel is, beyond its immediate thematic preoccupations, a discussion of the craft, a conquest of the form, a conflict with its difficulties and a pursuit of its felicities and beauty.” FormNovelSeriousConflictDifficultyPursuitCraftsDiscussionConquestPreoccupationFelicityThematic Author:Ralph Ellison
“[Property] is a brilliant, chillingly revelatory piece of fiction, a work of craft, economy and such good merciless observation-one of those rare, crucial novels illuminating a history we think we know and understand so that after we've read it we'll never forget its truths.” ThinkingKnowsForgetFictionNovelEconomyPiecesPropertyBrilliantObservationCraftsNever ForgetCrucialForget ItIlluminating Author:Ali Smith
“Whether it's a letter, song lyrics, part of a novel, or instructions on how to fix a kitchen sink, it's writing. You keep your craft honed, you acquire the discipline to finish things. You turn into a self-taskmaster.” WritingSelfSongTurnsNovelDisciplineLettersCraftsKitchenAcquireInstructionKitchen Sinks Author:Jimmy Buffett
“Writing a film - more precisely, adapting a book into a film - is basically a relentless series of compromises. The skill, the "art," is to make those compromises both artistically valid and essentially your own. . . . It has been said before but is worth reiterating: writing a novel is like swimming in the sea; writing a film is like swimming in the bath.” WritingHas BeensArtSaidBookFilmNovelSeaSkillsArt IsSeriesCompromiseCraftsSwimmingBathsRelentlessAdapting Author:William Boyd
“Be critical of but not brutal with your writing. If something isn't essential, get rid of it. Remember that good dialogue can serve a whole passel of purposes in your novel, and to overlook one of them is to overlook one of the tools of the craft. Like hitting a nail with a screwdriver, if you know what I mean.” IfsKnowsWritingMeanWholeRememberPurposeNovelEssentialsToolsCriticalDialogueCraftsBrutalHittingNailsScrewdrivers Author:Elizabeth George
“When you're writing a novel, you're still telling a story. But you're telling it very differently. It's a craft like anything else.” WritingStillsStoriesNovelCrafts Author:Howard Gordon
“If you are working in an office, where do you find the time to write a novel? But you can finish a short story in five pages. Furthermore, a short story is a perfect place to learn the craft” IfsWritingStoriesPerfectNovelFiveOfficePagesCraftsShort Story Author:Ben Okri
“The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.” WritingNovelBuildingArchitectureCraftsTire Author:John Irving