Shane Black

No one cares about your ideas. They're not going to come knocking on your door looking for ideas. They're going to want some concrete evidence that you have the potential to serve them or give them value for money. So that's my advice: write your spec scripts, no matter what. They're essential as a calling card, even if they don't get produced.

American Actor

Jon Ronson

When I was 20, I wrote a film on spec and sent it to the BBC. They wrote back, 'Usually, when we reject submissions, we like to offer some encouragement, but in your case, we don't see any point in you continuing.' I took it as encouragement anyway, thinking that only people who write terrible things are capable of writing great things.

Welsh Journalist

Alex Hirschi

Only one per cent of the world actually care about the full-on technical specs of a car. Most people want to know how cool it looks, what gadgets it has, what the buttons do, what it's like to drive and what it sounds like.

Australian Celebrity

Robert Ben Garant

You write a spec, and you pour your heart and soul and life into a spec, and you think that spec is the movie that's going to sell and get made... I've never heard of anybody that happened to.

American Producer

Cheo Hodari Coker

It's better to write a pilot rather than write a spec show. In some cases, you have to do both, but more often, writing a pilot and having an original voice is more important.

American Journalist

Peter Morgan

Most of the things I write, I write on spec. And because I write them on spec, there's less interference. Because there's less interference, they tend to be better.

British Writer

Robby Gordon

NASCAR, there's nothing wrong with it, it's very competitive, but the specs are very tight on tolerances.

American Driver

Kanika Dhillon

I wrote three stories on spec because I didn't have the patience to convince people I could write.

Indian Author

Prue Leith

I get more questions about my necklaces and specs than I do about food.

South African Chef

Mo Rocca

I can't be everything to everyone. Send me your specs.

American Writer

Think of 'spec' as a blueprint in industries like architecture and manufacturing.

Blueprint Equivalent

'Spec' implies precision and attention to detail, necessary in construction and production.

Precision Key

'Spec' often conveys comprehensive details in a concise, easy-to-understand format.

Concise Detail

In business, 'spec' typically forms the foundation of agreements and contracts.

Contract Foundation

'Spec' is a way to communicate project expectations clearly between parties involved.

Communicating Expectations

As a verb, 'spec' involves planning details in advance, especially in computing and design.

Plan in Advance

Use 'spec' as an action for teams to draft and agree on aspects of a task or project.

Collaborative Verb

As an adjective, 'spec' describes items directing production or assembly.

Guide Product

'Spec' items display information strategically, often in grids or lists.

Informative Display

 to see what they think they need oh yeah actually most of those were were kind of specs by the teachers we made some of those for students so they could see their data but you know we have a very tight design loop with the teachers themselves and their lures saying hey you know this is nice but I like that focus graph a lot of student says a lot of the teacher said I have a feeling

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 dirt bags in one area it was so much fun right we're all more or less unemployed and I was lucky I got an assignment pretty quickly my first assignment up to this point everything I was shooting was on spec which means I would shoot it send it in hope for the best well I got a phone call from climbing magazine and they said we want to do a

My Life As an Adventure...

 to see what they think they need? Oh yeah. Most of those were specs by the teachers. We made some of those for students so they could see their data, but we have a very tight design loop with the teachers themselves. And they're saying, "Hey, this is nice, but --" Like that focus graph, a lot of the teachers said,

 really start to think about really back to the world with a hundred specs from a cause so you're getting there and she is a crucial part of that process you're absolutely gorgeous so mattes what is your dream for these macaws so my dream is to release them to bring them back to brazil to give this

Caring For A Sickly Baby...

 grid's about scale we zoomed in from really big and important to really tiny and really important which brings me on nicely to sort of the next part of this which specs proration and for me exploration is very much the physical manifestation of geography it's

Daniel Raven-Ellison:...

 one mil right specs on this is serious stuff just put your thumb under her chin right okay and then just latch on no that's it now you're in control you see now there you go lovely with my kids dom i was a long time ago but we just used to stuff it in until

Two Baby Tamarin Monkeys...

 online auctions such as this machine for copying DNA which is in turn allowed you can also now design rooney jeans on your laptop instead of the information to a company and they'll build it to your specs and then mail you the DNA right

Unleash your inner...

 of doors which are very difficult to seal against air and water the design specs require the panels to resist rain driven by 75 mile-per-hour winds rubber gaskets and silicone seals provide a first layer of protection any water that

Architects' Inspiration...

 the special pride of craftsmanship of every mechanic starting from scratch building until the finish and it's just his own responsibility that this engine is going to perform perfectly and according to all specs

Finishing Touches PIPE...

 though it looks like a sedan it actually is built to do what we needed to do the specs on these rolling bunkers are top-secret but they're said to have armor as thick as a phonebook and weigh