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My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.

Terry Brooks

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Terry Brooks
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 8
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Sterling
Illinois
Terence Dean Brooks
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Different
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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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Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.
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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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Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.
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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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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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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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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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A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.
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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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It's better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope.
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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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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 want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take 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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Might have, could have, may have, should have—the haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.
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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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You shouldn't believe everything you hear you're young, not stupid.
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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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