M John Harrison Every moment of a science fiction story must represent the triumph of writing over world-building. – M John Harrison Fiction Quotes Moment Quotes Represent Quotes Science Quotes Story Quotes Triumph Quotes Worldbuilding Quotes Writing Quotes 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 anything is going to get done. Above all, world-building is not technically necessary. It is the great clomping foot of nerdism. It is the attempt to exhaustively survey a place that isn’t there. A good ground rule for writing in any genre is, start with a form, then undermine its confidence in itself. Ask what it’s afraid of, what it’s trying to hide – then write that.
Claes Bang My favourite actor in the world is Richard Burton. I just think he just had everything. I probably couldn’t play him, because he’s got this insane quality that’s like a wild animal and still sort of frail, fragile. But he’s my idol. – Claes Bang
Dylan Lauren So much of what we decide to carry in our stores is based on what we hear through the Dylan’s Candy Bar Facebook Page and Twitter feeds. – Dylan Lauren
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