"As soon as you go into any biological process in any real detail, you discover it's open-ended in terms of what needs to be found out about it."

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"As soon as you go into any biological process in any real detail, you discover it's open-ended in terms of what needs to be found out about it."

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"The really big difference is that what you make with a molecular machine can be completely precise, down to the tiniest degree of detail that can exist in the world."

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"My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults."

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"With Fever, the film was so made for the screen, and there's so much surround sound that was done for the film - enormous detail paid to that. I wasn't thinking video, because I didn't know how it was going to turn out."

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"Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female characters in my historical novels, getting these details right is vital."

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"You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion."

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