Building Quote by China Mieville

World-building numbs the reader's ability to fulfill their part of the bargain because it believes that it has to do everything around here if…

— M. John Harrison

In fantasy and science fiction, world-building is an essential part of the story. But as a reader, I don't just want descriptions of food,…

— Sabaa Tahir

When you are 'world building,' people will oftentimes judge how well you built your world. They want to know: Is the culture believable? Does…

— Marie Rutkoski

I am of the opinion that we create our own little worlds, with magic and dragons and glorious wars because this one is simply…

— Melchor Lim

I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets…

— Samantha Shannon

I've always really loved big worlds and the kind of worldbuilding where you can open a portal into a new realm that feels full…

— Victoria Aveyard

There's a ton of potential to do something absolutely loopy with a world that you create and characters that you are literally surgically constructing.

— Eric Holmes

When you succeed at creating your own world, whether it's in any realm - like Tolkien was able to do - and people are…

— David Selby

In brief, worldbuilding is different than setting in my opinion. Setting is a room. A backdrop. It's scenery. But without good worldbuilding, you can't…

— Patrick Rothfuss

The Forgotten Realms is arguable the most detailed, intricate fantasy setting ever created this side of Middle Earth. It's a setting for many D&D…

— Paul S. Kemp

A lot of people feel like urban fantasy is a shortcut that gets you around world-building, because it's set "in the real world." But…

— Cassandra Clare

I would say that, apart from being a writer, I have also always been very conscious of the idea of a 'world elsewhere'.

— Quentin S. Crisp