I believe the best creative writing lessons live in the specifics. — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“I don't know which is finally sicker -- specifics or engulfing abstractions.” — Gary Lutz Copy Share Image
I'm not avoiding specifics, but I've always written songs from more of a global standpoint. — William Beckett Copy Share Image
The reality of the situation is life on Earth has not changed. We need facts, we need events, we need specifics on… — Matt Drudge Copy Share Image
Before puberty the child's personality has not yet formed and it is easier to guide its life and make it acquire specific… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
“When students write from experience, they can breathe those specifics into their writing- dialect, odd smells, precise names of plants- that can… — Ralph Fletcher Copy Share Image
The imagery is very much released from reality. It's not nailed down to specifics of the words. They're painting a picture, not… — Daniel B. Shapiro Copy Share Image
Although Mr. Trump talks an interesting and entertaining game, rarely do I hear him lay out specifics. — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky. If you seriously want to know, listen… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
I don't want to talk about the specifics of other people's performances compared with my own. I'd never do that. — Jonny Lee Miller Copy Share Image
“The specifics of what, exactly, these terms meant were never explained; as with any fantasy, vagueness was part of the appeal.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
"Real" drawing is about specifics. It's about describing an object as accurately as possible. In a comic strip you have to draw… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
That was cool, getting to work with Ryan Gosling. I knew he was going to be a huge star after I saw… — Sherilyn Fenn Copy Share Image
Photography, of course, is the perfect medium for the investigation. It can reveal the truth of present day specifics and particularities, while… — John Pfahl Copy Share Image
We are bringing in another threat, which is nature itself. I don't really want to get into specifics too much, but I… — Robert Kirkman Copy Share Image
I looked at a lot of the comics and I tried to just get an idea from that. Not necessarily specifics of… — Colm Feore Copy Share Image
I think on this issue more than any other we're going to see sort of a bipartisan longing to get something done,… — Charles Schumer Copy Share Image
Despite the variety of my explorations, throughout it all it has been my contention that my responsibility as an artist is to… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
“You have to be very specific when it comes to magic,” A-Through-L said sheepishly. “You must say things as carefully as you… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
In arriving at the relevant theory about the specifics of our faculty of vision we will presumably use our eyes to gather… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
Personally I don't like labels: Brazil is huge and each part has its own specifics. Of course the climate influences how people… — Ricardo Nunes Copy Share Image
When people say, well, they disapprove, I'd like to know what the specifics are, because sometimes - and the president [Barack Obama]… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I think people are wrong to do it, to compare him to your way of wanting to do it. If you're passionate… — Andrew Hawkins Copy Share Image
I realized that most white Americans knew very little about our history and our struggle, and were having difficulty understanding the basis… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
You start with a generic body, but I think the first wall you hit with portraiture is comprised of history and storytelling… — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
I don't like the way most people think. It's imprecise. I find that when parents ask me questions, they ask very imprecise… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The specifics of the platform, I don't think, are necessarily going to be written by Bernie Sanders, but the themes of the… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
We discard the personal specifics which don't conform to the ideal conventional beauty created by art directors and cinematographers. — Damian Loeb Copy Share Image
I'm happy to talk in general themes, but when we get down to specifics about my family, for me that's always been… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I find that when my plays are going well, they seem to resemble pieces of music. But if I had to go… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Most books, after all, are ephemeral; their specifics, several years later, inspire about as much interest as daily battle reports from the… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
People, based on their emotion, will express support for the sentiment, not necessarily the specifics 'cause there are none. — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
If it wasn't a chaotic scene, if it was an orderly evacuation, we would be able to give you specifics about what… — David Catania Copy Share Image
When we deal in generalities, we shall never succeed. When we deal in specifics, we shall rarely have a failure. When performance… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
![“That was cool, getting to work with Ryan Gosling. I knew he was going to be a huge star after I saw him in that Showtime thing that he did when he was really young [The Believer]. I think the most fun thing about that was I'd never seen somebody that had so many questions about the specifics of…” quote by Sherilyn Fenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2de/sherilyn-fenn-6002_believer_that-was-cool-getting-to-work-with-ryan_28577.jpg)
![“When people say, well, they disapprove, I'd like to know what the specifics are, because sometimes - and the president [Barack Obama] has admitted this - they may not feel like he's really explaining and understanding the emotion behind some of these fears [about Iran]. And that's a perfectly…” quote by Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/05c/hillary-clinton-51_agree_when-people-say-well-they-disapprove-i-d_1056559.jpg)
![“I think people are wrong to do it, to compare him to your way of wanting to do it. If you're passionate about it, do it and do it your way. It's not always going to be in front of the cameras after a football game - that was the way I did it. Somebody else has a different way, and that's [James]…” quote by Andrew Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/37b/andrew-hawkins-24651_ball-game_i-think-people-are-wrong-to-do-it-to-com_233253.jpg)
