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27 quotes by Terry Brooks

Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print. He is one of the biggest-selling living fantasy writers.
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Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.

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Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination - think up a story and go... →

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We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not necessarily of our own making.

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Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on.

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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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In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them on cardboard, then cutting them out and creating whole... →

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Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.

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A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.

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I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other world, that imaginary world that I have created, tell you things about... →

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Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much... →

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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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We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.

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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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