I believe a writer's most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives.

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.

What are the three most important rules of the chemist?" This I knew from Ben. "Label clearly. Measure twice. Eat elsewhere.

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 have realistic feeling scenery. You can't have cool, unique backdrops for your story.

A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection

Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.

...if I have ever met someone without a single shadow on their heart, it was surely a child too young for speaking.