John Banville

I suppose it's possible that a writer would have feeling for his characters, but I can't see how, because writing is such a meticulous, intricate, technical business. I wish I could say that I love my characters and that frequently they take over the book and run away with the plot and so on. But they don't exist.

Irish Novelist

Jeff Abbott

I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series. So I try to focus hard on making each character, whether villain or hero, have an interesting flaw that readers can relate to.

American Novelist

Sonny Bono

With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.

American Musician

Karl Jaspers

The study of law left me unsatisfied, because I did not know the aspects of life which it serves. I perceived only the intricate mental juggling with fictions that did not interest me.

German Psychologist

Kate Crawford

While massive datasets may feel very abstract, they are intricately linked to physical place and human culture. And places, like people, have their own individual character and grain.

Australian Writer

Roger Taylor

Hearing loss has not affected my vocal range. I can still pitch perfectly, but without the hearing aids, I don't hear the intricate high parts of the actual spectrum.

Geddy Lee

With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to perform them properly.

Canadian Musician

George William Russell

We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell.

Irish Writer

Shakira

The relationship I have with my Hispanic fans is very deep and intricate.

Musician

Christopher Alexander

Drawings help people to work out intricate relationships between parts.

American Architect

Imagine detailed patterns or designs, showing 'intricate' as visually complex.

Visual Complexity

'Intricate' can imply something is not easy to use due to its complexity.

Not User-Friendly

Using 'intricate' suggests that precision and attention to detail are necessary.

Precision Required

'Intricate' highlights the artist's skill in creating detailed work.

Artistic Detail

Use 'intricate' to show admiration for the craftsmanship of detailed work.

Craftsmanship Appreciation

'Intricate' can describe something so complex it’s hard to solve.

Problematic Complexity

'Intricate' often refers to complex bureaucratic or legal systems.

Bureaucratic Maze

'Intricate' conveys high-level complexity and sophistication in texts.

Literary Sophistication

In literature, 'intricate' can refer to plot twists and deep character development.

Narrative Twists

 are called growth. And growth seems like a simple thing because when we think of it, we typically think of someone getting taller or, later in life, wider, but to cells, growth isn't simple. Cell division is an intricate chemical dance that's part individual, part community-driven.

How do cancer cells...

 were preserved and further developed, resulting in fundamental advancements in scientific study and mathematics. Accompanying this was an increasingly sophisticated use of abstraction and complex geometry in Islamic art, from intricate floral motifs adorning carpets and textiles,

The complex geometry of...

 because of the intricate landscape that is your hand. Soap and sanitizer need to get everywhere, including your palms, fingertips, the outsides of your hands, and between your fingers, to protect you properly. And when it comes to a coronavirus outbreak,

Which is better: Soap or...

 Symmetry is everywhere in nature, and we usually associate it with a perfectly shaped leaf, or a butterfly with intricate patterns mirrored on each wing. But it turns out that asymmetry is pretty important, too, and more common than you might think,

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 and everything is most certainly 42. Just like real life, fictional worlds operate consistently within a spectrum of physical and societal rules. That's what makes these intricate worlds believable, comprehensible, and worth exploring.

How to build a fictional...

 Though they have different causes, surface and deep ocean currents influence each other in an intricate dance that keeps the entire ocean moving. Near the shore, surface currents are driven by both the wind and tides,

How do ocean currents...

 all the way down to weaning, weapons, weather, attempts to control, the color white and a worldview. Also, genetics and neuroscience are increasingly showing that the brain is intricately structured.

Steven Pinker: Human...

 they listen to it obsessively they started a correspondence with Claire little thank-you notes and encouragement about her music and about her own paintings which were miniature intricate

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 to thrive far from their dim-witted infamous animated portrayal spotted hyenas are in fact highly intelligent animals this is partly thanks to having evolved an extraordinarily intricate

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 our atmosphere I was struck by one thing the earth is an incredible planet but we don't live outside of this web of life we're intricately connected to it