Lester del Rey told me repeatedly that the first and most important part of writing fiction is just to think about the story. Don't write anything down. Don't try to pull anything together right away. Just dream for a while… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
“a kaleidoscopic, fragmented rush of images that exploded out of memory. They careened into her like an avalanche and swept her away,” — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
Might have, could have, may have, should have—the haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities. — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
“You spend so much time wondering who you are, don't you think? You flounder about, searching for your identity, when most of the time… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
“Writers need their writing; they need their imaginary worlds in order to find piece in, or make sense of, the real world.” — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
THE NAME OF THE WIND marks the debut of a writer we would all do well to watch. Patrick Rothfuss has real talent, and… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
If anything in your life is more important than writing - anything at all - you should walk away now while you still can.… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not necessarily of our own making. — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I am incomplete without my work. I am so closely bound to it, so much identified by it, that without it I think I… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
We must nurture and love, if life is to have any real meaning. But First we must find a way to survive against the… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
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… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
Fiction writing is a twenty-four-hou r-a-day occupation. You never leave your work behind. It is always with you, and to some extent, you are… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
It's better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope. — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
If you do not hear music in your words, you have put too much thought into your writing and not enough heart. — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
