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> [Im like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/im-like-the-painter-with-his-nose-to-the-canvas-fussing-over-details/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

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> [I'm like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/i-m-like-the-painter-with-his-nose-to-the-canvas-fussing-over-details/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

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## More by Steven Saylor

> [All writing is an act of self-exploration. Even a grocery list says something about you; how much more does a novel say?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/all-writing-is-an-act-of-self-exploration-even-a-grocery-list-says/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

> [When I was a boy, my grandfather taught me the list of kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius the Elder, Servius…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/when-i-was-a-boy-my-grandfather-taught-me-the-list-of-kings-romulus/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

> [Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/even-the-crudest-most-derivative-novel-is-an-expression-of-the-author/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

> [“The strands (the gods) weave out of our mortal lives are like a pattern visible only from the heavens; we here on earth can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/the-strands-the-gods-weave-out-of-our-mortal-lives-are-like-a-pattern/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

> [“on and on, he wasn’t the ranting sort,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/on-and-on-he-wasn-t-the-ranting-sort/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

> [I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/i-can-t-say-i-had-an-ideal-father-and-i-m-not-a-father-myself/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

> [Im like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/im-like-the-painter-with-his-nose-to-the-canvas-fussing-over-details/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

> [In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man must determine both what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/in-politics-reality-and-appearance-are-of-equal-importance-you-cannot/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

> [Some men are one thing on the surface and another underneath. The true poet shows not just the exterior of his subject, but all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/some-men-are-one-thing-on-the-surface-and-another-underneath-the-true/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

> [“But sometimes...sometimes I wake with a mad thought in my head: What if that boy's life mattered as much as anyone else's, even Caesar's?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/but-sometimes-sometimes-i-wake-with-a-mad-thought-in-my-head-what-if/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

> [Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us deep into the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/adrienne-mayor-s-inquiry-into-the-myth-and-surprising-reality-of/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

> [I'm like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/i-m-like-the-painter-with-his-nose-to-the-canvas-fussing-over-details/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

> [“Why have two figures of such remarkable interest been so scanted by the annalists and historians, so overlooked by philosophers, poets, and priests? I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/why-have-two-figures-of-such-remarkable-interest-been-so-scanted-by/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

> [“men ran to fill all ten positions. To pull that off required the cooperation of men who would normally have been your rivals.” “And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/men-ran-to-fill-all-ten-positions-to-pull-that-off-required-the/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

> [There is a fine sense of freedom that comes from wandering about a familiar city with no particular destination in mind, with no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-saylor/there-is-a-fine-sense-of-freedom-that-comes-from-wandering-about-a/)

[Steven Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-saylor/)

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