Attention to detail Quote by Stephen King

“Comparisons deplete the actuality of the things compared... ("Conveyance: The Story I would Not Want Bill Wilson To Read")”

— William S. Wilson

“Comparisons must be enforced within the scope of the eyespan, a fundamental point occasionally forgotten in practice.”

— Edward Tufte

Too much nicety of detail disgusts the greatest part of readers, and to throw a multitude of particulars under general heads, and lay down…

— Samuel Johnson

“SOMETIMES, WHEN SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS HAPPENING, I TRY MY DAMNEDEST TO CONCENTRATE ON THE MOST INCONSEQUENTIAL, UNRELATED DETAIL READILY AVAILABLE TO ME. A DETAIL…

— Kim Holden

“Great writing requires great doubt and great self-confidence. One without the other inspires mediocrity.”

— Chloe Thurlow

“Better that the book should be not quite so good, and the writer better, and not himself a ridiculous contrast to all he has…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nothing is easier to write than scenery; nothing more difficult and unnecessary to read.”

— Jerome K. Jerome

“A poor attempt at writing is better than no attempt at all.”

— Ksenia Anske

“When you come to a point where nothing looks surprising to you, you can then analyse the matters calmly and with much better precision!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“Every difficult work presents us with a choice of whether to judge the author inept for not being clear, or ourselves stupid for not…

— John Kennedy Toole

“You’re different, and I know that’s probably the most cliché response ever given, but it’s the truth. When I look at you, it’s as…

— Caroline George

“There are no mistakes, I realize - just detours whose significance only become clear when you see the whole picture at once.”

— Hilary T. Smith