“Emotions are the sums created by details, whether those details are true or not.”

“Are the details of our lives who we are, or is it owning those details that makes the difference?”

“Little details have special talents in creating big problems!”

“Am I mistaken to think that even back then, in the vivid present, the fullness of life stirred our emotions to an extraordinary extent? Has anywhere since so engrossed you in its ocean of details? The detail, the immensity of the detail, the force of the detail,the weight of the detailthe rich endlessness of detail surrounding you in your young life like the six feet of dirt that’ll be packed on your grave when you’re dead”

“The first step in innovation is to know that a thing can be created. After that, the rest is a matter of detail.”

“No, it wasn't an accident, I didn't say that. It was carefully planned, down to the tiniest mechanical and emotional detail. But it was a mistake.”