“Anybody can find out if he is a writer. If he were a writer, when he tried to write of some particular day, he would find in the effort that he could recall exactly how the light fell and how the temperature felt, and all the quality of it. Most people cannot do it. If they can do it, they may never be successful in a pecuniary sense, but that ability is at the bottom of writing, I am sure.” PeopleIfsWritingMayLightFeltCan DoAbilityEffortQualitySuccessfulParticularBottomBeing SuccessfulRecallsTemperature Author:Maxwell Perkins
“I can do a limited amount of things and that's what I do and I feel comfortable doing it and I have no particular desire to do anything else as an actor.” FeelsI CanDesireActorsCan DoParticularAmountComfortable Author:Woody Allen
“Everybody has a theme. You talk to somebody awhile, and you realize they have one particular thing that rules them. The best you can do is a variation on the theme, but that's about it.” MotivationCan DoRealizingParticularThemeVariation Author:Meg Wolitzer
“I slowly realized that perfectionism just not that important. What's more important is to try to love the people around you. Whatever that means at a particular time is the best you can do.” PeopleTryingMeanImportantCan DoParticularPerfectionism Author:Veronica Roth
“If you tried to make a show for every person's particular interest, it'd be impossible because everyone is going to consume it the way they want to. All you can do is try to do an hour that makes sense for all.” IfsWayWantTryingPersonsShowsInterestCan DoHoursImpossibleParticularMake Sense Author:Scott Van Pelt
“The decision to leave [Iraq] should be based solely on the judgment of the combatant commanders on the ground who say, "My Iraqi counterparts can now handle this particular area of the country on their own with minimum American support or with no American support." When they can do that, we should leave.” ShouldCountryCan DoDecisionSupportParticularJudgmentAreasIraqHandleMinimumCommandersCounterparts Author:Duncan Hunter