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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.
Terry Brooks
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Terry Brooks
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 8
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Terence Dean Brooks
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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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If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical.
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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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The future is an ever-shifting maze of possibilities until it becomes the present. The future I have shown you tonight is not yet fixed. But it is more likely to become so with the passing of every day because nothing is being done to turn it aside. If you would change it, do as I have told 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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When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.
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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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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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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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Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination.
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You shouldn't believe everything you hear you're young, not stupid.
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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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I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.
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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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I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take you.
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My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.
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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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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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Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.
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