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The long view of the Census bureau allows some changes that are taken for granted to be studied in more detail. Everyone knows, for example, that people get married later than they used to Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been impelled to say the truth. When I was 14, in 1954, I already wrote a gay novel, though I’d never read one. I felt that life handed me a great subject, gay life, that had scarcely been examined, and I was impelled to record it in all its strange detail Picture Quote #1

What a character eats is a detail - like eye color or a favorite song. But food is also our lifeblood Picture Quote #1

I don’t have a great eye for detail. I leave blanks in all of my stories. I leave out all detail, which leaves the reader to fill in something better Picture Quote #1

Well we took it apart scene by scene. We examined every sentence, every full stop, every comma. He has a most wonderful eye for detail, Roman, and you know, he’s a very good artist Picture Quote #1

Peter Aykroyd has a wonderful eye for the telling detail, cameos that stick in the mind. Thse are the little touches that make it past come alive Picture Quote #1

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Just because someone thinks they remember something in detail, with confidence and with emotion, does not mean that it actually happened, .. False memories have these characteristics too Picture Quote #1

$I probably spend more time writing than reading science fiction. I find that science-fiction literature is so reactive to all the literature that’s gone before that it’s sort of like a fractal. It’s gone to a level of detail that the average person could not possibly follow unless you’re a fan. It iterates upon many prior generations of iterations Picture Quote #1$

Pixar has been compared to fine furniture makers who polish the backs of drawers - even if you don’t see everything in a particular scene, you still feel that every little detail has been met Picture Quote #1

If you look up every last detail on your subject, you’ll never finish Picture Quote #1

Astronomers are obsessed with building larger and larger telescopes. There are two promises that we make with bigger telescopes: that they can see fainter things and that they see more detail. But it’s been really hard to follow through on that second promise because of atmospheric distortion Picture Quote #1

Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don’t forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth Picture Quote #1

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They’re all qualities wrongly called feminine: attention to detail, patience, empathy. I don’t have children, but I was raised as a female to have those qualities because they’re perceived as feminine. Until men are raised with those qualities, too, they won’t have the full circle of human qualities Picture Quote #1

I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings Picture Quote #1

The whole world of ‘Game of Thrones’ was realized with such detail, with directors and writers who really geeked out and really loved all the little bits of it Picture Quote #1

I can’t sum up my books. They’re all rather complicated. Sometimes I think they’re too complicated. But that’s the way I am. When I start to write a book, my head gets full of all kinds of detail Picture Quote #1

It was always that detail that drove me. Ever since I was a little kid, I used to get into the nitty gritty... when I was drawing army tanks or monsters, I’d do every nut and rivet, and I’d do every scale on the dragon’s back. It was just the way I was built Picture Quote #1

It’s reached this point where people are fascinated by every intricate detail of other people’s lives. And some people are willing to give up their lives like that Picture Quote #1

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I find suggestion a hell of a lot more provocative than explicit detail. You didn’t see Clark[Gable] and Vivien[leigh] rolling around in bed in Gone With The Wind, but you saw that shit eating grin on her face the next morning and you knew damned well she’d gotten properly laid Picture Quote #1

The Irish didn’t read and write for a couple of thousand years, and I think we developed good memories and recall. We have a sense of the revelatory detail. I look for them Picture Quote #1

To provide background and physical description and all the rest is of course vital to fiction, but vital only insofar as such detail is in the service of a richly imagined story, rather than in the service of good botany or good philosophy or good geography Picture Quote #1

It seems to me that the orthodox religions always know more about the Devil than I do and can describe him in more detail, and if I hadn’t a nice type of mind I’d begin to wonder what company they keep when the moon rides high in the sky and good witches are doing simple little incantations and asking for spiritual guidance Picture Quote #1

When I read period material - and it ain’t on Google - I am always alert for that one incredible detail. I’ll read a whole book and get three words out of it, but they’ll be three really good words Picture Quote #1

I am someone who places great value on the detail. That was always the case, even in my days as a racing driver Picture Quote #1

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Hands-on experience at the critical time, not systematic knowledge, is what counts in the making of a naturalist. Better to be an untutored savage for a while, not to know the names or anatomical detail. Better to spend stretches of time just searching and dreaming Picture Quote #1

It’s true that romance novels do detail the courtship phase of a relationship. We usually write ‘And they lived happily ever after’ before our heroine starts snoring or our hero starts tossing his socks over the hamper Picture Quote #1

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one’s ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully Picture Quote #1

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The long view of the Census bureau allows some changes that are taken for granted to be studied in more detail. Everyone knows, for example, that people get married later than they used to. (Detail Quotes) I’ve always been impelled to say the truth. When I was 14, in 1954, I already wrote a gay novel, though I’d never read one. I felt that life handed me a great subject, gay life, that had scarcely been examined, and I was impelled to record it in all its strange detail. (Detail Quotes) What a character eats is a detail - like eye color or a favorite song. But food is also our lifeblood. (Detail Quotes) I don’t have a great eye for detail. I leave blanks in all of my stories. I leave out all detail, which leaves the reader to fill in something better. (Detail Quotes) Well we took it apart scene by scene. We examined every sentence, every full stop, every comma. He has a most wonderful eye for detail, Roman, and you know, he’s a very good artist. (Detail Quotes) Peter Aykroyd has a wonderful eye for the telling detail, cameos that stick in the mind. Thse are the little touches that make it past come alive. (Detail Quotes) Just because someone thinks they remember something in detail, with confidence and with emotion, does not mean that it actually happened, .. False memories have these characteristics too. (Detail Quotes) I probably spend more time writing than reading science fiction. I find that science-fiction literature is so reactive to all the literature that’s gone before that it’s sort of like a fractal. It’s gone to a level of detail that the average person could not possibly follow unless you’re a fan. It iterates upon many prior generations of iterations. (Detail Quotes) Pixar has been compared to fine furniture makers who polish the backs of drawers - even if you don’t see everything in a particular scene, you still feel that every little detail has been met. (Detail Quotes) If you look up every last detail on your subject, you’ll never finish (Detail Quotes) Astronomers are obsessed with building larger and larger telescopes. There are two promises that we make with bigger telescopes: that they can see fainter things and that they see more detail. But it’s been really hard to follow through on that second promise because of atmospheric distortion. (Detail Quotes) Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don’t forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth. (Detail Quotes) They’re all qualities wrongly called feminine: attention to detail, patience, empathy. I don’t have children, but I was raised as a female to have those qualities because they’re perceived as feminine. Until men are raised with those qualities, too, they won’t have the full circle of human qualities. (Detail Quotes) I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings. (Detail Quotes) The whole world of ‘Game of Thrones’ was realized with such detail, with directors and writers who really geeked out and really loved all the little bits of it. (Detail Quotes) I can’t sum up my books. They’re all rather complicated. Sometimes I think they’re too complicated. But that’s the way I am. When I start to write a book, my head gets full of all kinds of detail. (Detail Quotes) It was always that detail that drove me. Ever since I was a little kid, I used to get into the nitty gritty... when I was drawing army tanks or monsters, I’d do every nut and rivet, and I’d do every scale on the dragon’s back. It was just the way I was built. (Detail Quotes) It’s reached this point where people are fascinated by every intricate detail of other people’s lives. And some people are willing to give up their lives like that. (Detail Quotes) I find suggestion a hell of a lot more provocative than explicit detail. You didn’t see Clark[Gable] and Vivien[leigh] rolling around in bed in Gone With The Wind, but you saw that shit eating grin on her face the next morning and you knew damned well she’d gotten properly laid. (Detail Quotes) The Irish didn’t read and write for a couple of thousand years, and I think we developed good memories and recall. We have a sense of the revelatory detail. I look for them. (Detail Quotes) To provide background and physical description and all the rest is of course vital to fiction, but vital only insofar as such detail is in the service of a richly imagined story, rather than in the service of good botany or good philosophy or good geography. (Detail Quotes) It seems to me that the orthodox religions always know more about the Devil than I do and can describe him in more detail, and if I hadn’t a nice type of mind I’d begin to wonder what company they keep when the moon rides high in the sky and good witches are doing simple little incantations and asking for spiritual guidance. (Detail Quotes) When I read period material - and it ain’t on Google - I am always alert for that one incredible detail. I’ll read a whole book and get three words out of it, but they’ll be three really good words. (Detail Quotes) I am someone who places great value on the detail. That was always the case, even in my days as a racing driver. (Detail Quotes) Hands-on experience at the critical time, not systematic knowledge, is what counts in the making of a naturalist. Better to be an untutored savage for a while, not to know the names or anatomical detail. Better to spend stretches of time just searching and dreaming. (Detail Quotes) It’s true that romance novels do detail the courtship phase of a relationship. We usually write ‘And they lived happily ever after’ before our heroine starts snoring or our hero starts tossing his socks over the hamper. (Detail Quotes) What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one’s ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully. (Detail Quotes)

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