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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.

If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can start with anything precise. You have to achieve such precision as you can, as you go along.

I don't take on big things. What I do, pretty much, is make the big things small and the small things big.

I became obsessed with making more and more tiny things. I think I was trying to find a way of compensating for my embarrassment at having learning difficulties: people had made me feel small so I wanted to show them how significant 'small' could be.

If you just focus on the smallest details, you never get the big picture right.

I've made a career of being precise.