History Quotes / WorldBuilding

->''[Creator/JimHenson] had fallen in love with the process for multiple reasons. For one, Jim's fascination with world-building was satisfied with the lengthy pre-production phase of the feature film cycle. Getting to truly develop a world down to its details and then construct it for the screen was a dream for his creative mind. Also, being a feature film director was a status symbol in the industry, and Jim seemed to want to be regarded in the same way that a creator like Creator/GeorgeLucas was. Those were the upsides, but now, after the film's failure, he was experiencing the downsides. World-building is fun, but when an audience rejects the world that a creator imagines, the work seems to have been in vain. With feature films, that is a gamble, and with ''Labyrinth'', it was an expensive, time-consuming gamble that didn't pay off.''

->''When I began writing the [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Conan]] stories a few years ago, I prepared this 'history' of his age and the peoples of that age, in order to lend him and his sagas a greater aspect of realness. And I found that by adhering to the 'facts' and spirit of that history, in writing the stories, it was easier to visualize (and therefore to present) him as a real flesh-and-blood character rather than a ready-made product. In writing about him and his adventures in the various kingdoms of his Age, I have never violated the 'facts' or spirit of the 'history' here set down, but have followed the lines of that history as closely as the writer of actual historical-fiction follows the lines of actual history. I have used this 'history' as a guide in all the stories in this series that I have written.''
-->'''Creator/RobertEHoward''', "The Hyborian Age"

-->--Creator/JorgeLuisBorges, "Literature/TlonUqbarOrbisTertius"

->''When I began writing the {{Conan}} stories a few years ago, I prepared this 'history' of his age and the peoples of that age, in order to lend him and his sagas a greater aspect of realness. And I found that by adhering to the 'facts' and spirit of that history, in writing the stories, it was easier to visualize (and therefore to present) him as a real flesh-and-blood character rather than a ready-made product. In writing about him and his adventures in the various kingdoms of his Age, I have never violated the 'facts' or spirit of the 'history' here set down, but have followed the lines of that history as closely as the writer of actual historical-fiction follows the lines of actual history. I have used this 'history' as a guide in all the stories in this series that I have written.''

-->'''RobertEHoward''', "The Hyborian Age"