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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.
Terry Brooks
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Terry Brooks
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 8
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Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.
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I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.
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If you do not hear music in your words, you have put too much thought into your writing and not enough heart.
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Might have, could have, may have, should have—the haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.
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Nothing is lost that we do not first see as lost. Visions born of fear give birth to our failing. Visions born of hope give birth to our success. What is possible lives within us, and it only remains for us to discover it.
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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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Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination.
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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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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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A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.
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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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The future is an ever-shifting maze of possibilities until it becomes the present
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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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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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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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For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time.
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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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