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For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time.
Terry Brooks
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Terry Brooks
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 8
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Terence Dean Brooks
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What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.
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You shouldn't believe everything you hear you're young, not stupid.
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Herein lies the heart and soul of the nations. Their right to be free men, Their desire to live in peace, Their courage to seek out truth, Herein lies the Sword of Shannara.
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My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, to name a few.
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After all, you put a lot into creating a universe and everything that goes with it, and it seems a shame to use it only once.
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This is for writers yet to be published who think the uphill climb will never end. Keep believing. This is also for published writers grown jaded by the process. Remember how lucky you are.
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I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out.
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Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.
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Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.
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If you do not love what you do, if you are not appropriately grateful for the chance to create something magical each time you sit down at the computer or with a pencil and paper in hand, somewhere along the way your writing will betray you.
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Cats can do whatever they want, whenever they want, without regard to what anyone says or does. Rather like Princesses.
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When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.
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Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own.
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I cannot imagine life without books any more than I can imagine life without breathing.
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A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.
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My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.
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It's better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope.
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We live out our lives as we are meant to live them-with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are.
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What kind of world permitted such terrible injustice, where good men were stripped of everything and soulless creatures of malice and hatred survived to glory in their pointless death?
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She has her gown nicely in place tonight, doesn't she? Black velvet and sparkles, not a thread left hanging. Clever girl, this city. Even the sky is her friend.
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