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A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.
Terry Brooks
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Terry Brooks
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 8
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Science Fiction Writer
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Sterling
Illinois
Terence Dean Brooks
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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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I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.
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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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What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from, she thought absently. For better or worse, that's what we have to sustain us in our endeavors, to buttress us in our darker moments, and to remind us of our identity. Without those things, we are adrift.
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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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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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My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.
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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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Might have, could have, may have, should haveāthe haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.
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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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For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time.
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Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.
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Evil contained is not evil destroyed.
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There is much to admire in Peter Brett's writing, and his concept is brilliant. There's action and suspense all the way.
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I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take you.
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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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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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The Golden Compass is one of the best fantasy / adventure stories that I have read. This is a book no one should miss.
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Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.
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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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