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The way to tell a really big story, I think, is to tell a really small story.

It is the consistency of the information that matters for a good story, not its completeness. Indeed, you will often find that knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

For me, when I read a book, I'm very much about detail.

In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.

Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.