I'm not going into personal details of meetings I have with anybody, be it John Howard or President Bush or President Putin or President Yeltsin, in years gone by, whoever it may be, I'm not going into that.

If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story.

I would have to say that I have to concentrate more when I'm doing comedy. There are so many details that make up any character, but developing a character for a dramatic role seems to come more naturally.

Fill your pages with details. Work hard to get the right word.

An exceptional company is the one that gets all the little details right. And the people out on the front line, they know when things are not going right, and they know when things need to be improved. And if you listen to them, you can soon improve all those niggly things which turns an average company into an exceptional company.

I always want to do real roles. When my father used to go to Dilip Kuamr's house, he used to show minute details of acting. I watch documentaries too.

There are a lot of details you have to work out when you're talking about fighters competing twice in one night.

It's like, the more you zoom in and focus on the details, the closer to the invisible and immeasurable qualities - like consciousness and energies - you get. And expanding outwards, into the cosmos, you learn more about the invisible or perceptible things.

In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the details of the allegations themselves.

No matter what kind of writing you do, it's always the details that make the story.

I nitpick details.

If you believe that markets operate in Alan Greenspan fashion, then you don't inquire into the details.

In the day-to-day life of a traveling musician, it's easy to miss so many details. The world goes by at high-speed; it will take your breath away.

I treat all my characters as if they were real, and I am scrupulous about the details of their lives.

I knew the Apple II was great when I bought it, but as I dug into the details it just completely blew me away the creative artistic approach that the designers had taken.

I probably make my team crazy with the questions I ask, but you really have to understand the deep details to be able set your strategy.

At Airbnb, we're trying to build a culture that supports details, celebrates them, and gives our teams creative license to pursue them.

Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.

I always think about the small details because I need to improve more and more.

I generally leave the details of fiscal programs to the Administration and Congress. That's really their area of authority and responsibility, and I don't think it's appropriate for me to second guess.