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I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out.

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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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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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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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Cats can do whatever they want, whenever they want, without regard to what anyone says or does. Rather like Princesses.
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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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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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When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.
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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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Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination.
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If I have the means, I have the responsibility to employ them.
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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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I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take you.
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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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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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We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.
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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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What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.
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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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Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.
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