You must make, always. You must act, if you believe something. Talking about acting is like boasting about pictures you're going to paint. The most terrible bad form.
Politicians can't manage. All they can do is talk.
Talent is like money; you don't have to have some to talk about it.
Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by the time they get into the office, and into the midst of their tour where they're really productive.
Nobody wants his cause near as bad as he wants to talk about his cause.
Every time I talked about making a picture I didn't do it. I had already done it - talking about it! I quit talking.
Your characters get angry at you if you speak about them and stop you from giving birth to them on the page in revenge. Real writers sit down and write. Wannabe writers sit around and talk.
I agree that Ruskin has done much harm to counter balance much good in giving people the trick of talking about Art instead of really doing a little of it to enable them to understand.
I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas.
