Top 10 Worldbuilder's Quotes
#1. The past is dead except for the life you give it
Myles Munroe
#2. For example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion to keep children in school and away from the workplace for longer.
Carol Bellamy
#3. I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood.
Jim Dine
#4. Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective.
Agatha Christie
#5. 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
#7. 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
#8. No matter how hard you worked, there was always going to be somebody out there who thought you were fuckup.
Megan Hart
#9. When my husband first read a draft, he said, "You spend too much time describing the characters' outfits." He was right. I removed much of the clothes talk, but quite a bit remained.
Heidi Julavits
#10. Many tradesmen export their best commodities
the Christian should not. He should have all his conversation everywhere of the best savour; but let him have a care to put forth the sweetest fruit of spiritual life and testimony in his own family.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon