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I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take you.

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
Imagination
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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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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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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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I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you change as a writer, too.
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If I have the means, I have the responsibility to employ them.
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A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.
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Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.
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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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What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.
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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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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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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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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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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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I cannot imagine life without books any more than I can imagine life without breathing.
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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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For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time.
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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 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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