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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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I cannot imagine life without books any more than I can imagine life without breathing.
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I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.
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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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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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What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.
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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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A cat never discusses his business with humans, not even Princesses. A cat never explains and never apologizes. A cat never alibis. You must accept a cat as it is and for what it is and not expect more than the pleasure of its company.
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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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You shouldn't believe everything you hear you're young, not stupid.
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Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.
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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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We must nurture and love, if life is to have any real meaning. But First we must find a way to survive against the things that prevent us from doing so.
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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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