Worldbuilder Quotes

#1. I think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece of Tolkien's legacy. Don't get me wrong, Tolkien was a great worldbuilder, but he got a little caught up describing his world at times, at the expense of the overall story.

Patrick Rothfuss

#2. My story begins with a question.

Alexandra Bogdanovic

#3. We simply do not catch a high enough percentage of users to make the law a real threat, although we do catch enough to seriously overburden our legal system.

John Kaplan

#4. He pressed a soft kiss down on the skin. I melted into a pool of desire, concealing it behind a demure smile. For such an innocent gesture, it overflowed with eroticism. My imagination was already running naked. I meant wild. My fully clothed imagination ran wild.

Sera Bright

#5. I was booed at the premiere of 'Miss Julie,' a remarkably stimulating experience.

Ingmar Bergman

#6. We had a lot of people say, you guys are the most ineffective legislators in Olympia and your bills never go anywhere ... They can't say that anymore, can they?

Matt Shea

#7. [Petunias are] as hopelessly impractical as a chiffon ball dress.

Eleanor Perenyi

#8. Ever since I've been boxing, it's always been the case that when I go inside the ring a switch goes off and my attitude changes totally from the person I am outside it. I really can't explain why or how.

Oscar De La Hoya

#9. With Twitter, you can build your own virtual trading floor and research department, populated by the smartest people on earth. Almost any subject or sector has you can think of, you can find a few people with an expertise in that area.

Barry Ritholtz

#10. Me jumping on a song with Ariana Grande is just showing versatility, you know what I'm saying?

ASAP Ferg

#11. You get to a certain age and you're just glad to be there. I don't know what to add to that. It's fun. You have to be a realist, so you try to look for roles that are within the age you are.

Clint Eastwood

#12. I have a life coach out with me on tour, a very nice guy from L.A. He just prepares me for each day.

Ronnie Wood

#13. If you don't finish a day of stunts with a lot of bruises, you feel like you haven't done it right.

Theo James

#14. She'd created her own hell, and now that she had learned to control her fear, she knew how to create her own paradise.

Josephine Angelini

#15. I get to have Sunday lunch at my mum's, pick my nephew up from school now and then: it's a very normal life.

Vicky McClure

#16. One time, hey, in high school this girl told me, hey, its not you, its me.. Ofcourse its you, you dang HEFFER!

Si Robertson

#17. I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

Robert Redford