Building Quote by Daphne Gottlieb

Sometimes, people need structure, and I needed structure.

— Patrick Chung

If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.

— Noam Chomsky

I think of writing as a sculptural medium. You are not building things. You are removing things, chipping away at language to reveal a…

— Will Self

In general, it's best if you're building something that you yourself need.

— Sam Altman

You want what you write to be essential.

— Lisa Stansfield

One tends to write beyond what's needed

— James Schuyler

To start something from scratch and build it up to a point where people like it and support it, that's important.

— Marvin Bagley III

Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff...forms a base on which to build something better.

— Jennifer Egan

With writing, obviously you can really take the time to crack what you're going to say and build to a big point.

— Steve Kornacki

To build means to make architecture real on the borders of knowledge.

— Frei Otto

To create something you must be something.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“You must be able to explicitly say who you are building your thing for. You must know what you are aiming for—you’ll miss otherwise.…

— Ryan Holiday