As a writer you see the big picture and how you can tell as one character, how your storyline is going to… — Richard Dormer Copy Share Image
Proust is interested in minutiae because life, as he sees it, is seldom ever about things but about our impression of things,… — Andre Aciman Copy Share Image
I'm interested in things when I don't know what they are. Like "Hey, Ray, what the hell is this?" Oh, that's lipstick… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day… — Tabatha Coffey Copy Share Image
Such is the art of writing as Dreiser understands it and practices it--an endless piling up of minutiae, an almost ferocious tracking… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I'd made pretty clear to the people at Paramount and Dreamworks that, if they wanted Lemony Snicket to comment, he would be… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Never get a reputation for a small perfection if you are trying for fame in a loftier area. The world can only… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
It takes a certain kind of mind to narrate, to work through character motivation, to be unforgiving to one's writer-self when it… — Cate Marvin Copy Share Image
Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before… — Bono Copy Share Image
An initial impulse of mine was to portray the way in which a city is impacted by war. But this is vague,… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
Practicing yoga is a constant evolution. The Ashtanga system can appear very rigid, with its predetermined sequences, but actually there's great freedom… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
The extraordinary development of modern science may be her undoing. Specialism, now a necessity, has fragmented the specialities themselves in a way… — William Osler Copy Share Image
That it does not matter what a man believes is a statement heard on every side today. ... What he believes tells… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
