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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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We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.
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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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You shouldn't believe everything you hear you're young, not stupid.
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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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What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.
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Why pretend to be something you're not? If you have to be someone, be someone no one else is.
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I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore.
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The future is an ever-shifting maze of possibilities until it becomes the present
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The more complex and overwhelming the threat to a protagonist, the better the opportunity for the author to create a compelling conflict and a dramatic resolution.
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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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When she cried, he would say, there is nothing wrong with crying. Your feelings tell you who are. They tell what is important. Don't ever be ashamed of them.
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When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.
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Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination.
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I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out.
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Might have, could have, may have, should haveāthe haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.
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If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical.
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Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list.
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I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you change as a writer, too.
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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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My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.
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