It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive.

There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other to lend.

Old Cob tucked away his bowl of stew with the predatory efficency of a lifetime bachelor.

If I talk about what I'm good at, I seem like I'm a conceited egomaniac.

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.

Writing a good query letter has very little to do with writing a good novel. But if you can't write the one, it makes it really hard to get the other published.

You need to realize that most writing rules aren't laws, they're rules of thumb.