Skill Quotes

“A speech is like a love affair. Any fool can start it, but to end it requires considerable skill.”

“My jab is as fast as a cobra's strike.”

“I don't think you can be a good actor if you're not a good listener.”

“I'm a pretty good shot. I love to shoot. I've been shooting since I was a little girl.”

“I'm a mechanic. I can take a car apart and put it back together with my eyes shut.”

“Making good wine is a skill; making fine wine is an art.”

“To be a composer, you have to have a feeling for harmony and for melody and for rhythm.”

“Poker is a skill game. It's not a sport, but it's a skill game.”

“The writer of scientifiction must be a master of his subject, and he must be able to present his facts in an entertaining and plausible manner.”

“The artist must be a technician of the senses.”

“As an astronaut, you have to be a team player. You have to be technically competent. You have to be able to make decisions under pressure.”

“Craft is what allows you to know a material. It’s a kind of deep knowledge that you can’t get from a book.”

“Of all the most useful and excellent arts, that of navigation has always seemed to me to occupy the first place.”

“The art of finessing is not so much in knowing when to finesse as in knowing when not to finesse.”

“I never needed a ghostwriter. I'm a writer.”

“You cannot be a good writer without being a good listener.”

“The safe man is he who has acquired a technique.”

“I'm the punchline king, the metaphor master.”

“Most enjoyable activities are not natural; they demand an effort that initially one is reluctant to make. But once the interaction starts to provide feedback to the person's skills, it usually begins to be intrinsically rewarding.”

“You have to be able to draw. You have to be able to paint. You have to be able to compose.”