Terry Brooks

I would also argue that there is a good chance that an outline will help you stave off any onslaught of writer's…

— Terry Brooks

Lester del Rey told me repeatedly that the first and most important part of writing fiction is just to think about the…

— Terry Brooks

There is much to admire in Peter Brett's writing, and his concept is brilliant. There's action and suspense all the way.

— Terry Brooks

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the…

— Terry Brooks

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

— Terry Brooks

“It takes everything I’ve got to offer, but not more than I wish to give.”

— Terry Brooks

She has her gown nicely in place tonight, doesn't she? Black velvet and sparkles, not a thread left hanging. Clever girl, this…

— Terry Brooks

I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.

— Terry Brooks

Herein lies the heart and soul of the nations. Their right to be free men, Their desire to live in peace, Their…

— Terry Brooks

On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under…

— Terry Brooks

Let me tell you something you haven’t learned yet, something you learn only by living awhile. As you get older, you find…

— Terry Brooks

“She was talking about herself and Sebec. She was explaining to him how hard it could be to accept the way things…

— Terry Brooks

“Tomorrow his friends would gather at Josie's for coffee and doughnuts, and in his absence they would talk of [her] in the…

— Terry Brooks

“This is what dying is like, he thinks. You do it alone. You are debased by it. You are exposed to your…

— Terry Brooks

“All those men had died for some senseless reason, died perhaps without ever knowing exactly what they had fought to accomplish.”

— Terry Brooks

Fear is a fire to temper courage and resolve. Use it so.

— Terry Brooks

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

— Terry Brooks

Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on…

— Terry Brooks

You shouldn't believe everything you hear you're young, not stupid.

— Terry Brooks

This is for writers yet to be published who think the uphill climb will never end. Keep believing. This is also for…

— Terry Brooks

“It was like a dam breaking, its walls giving way all at once under the crushing weight of his emotions.”

— Terry Brooks

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

— Terry Brooks

You can either give in to what youre feeling, just say ‘okay, enough is enough’ and be done with it, or you…

— Terry Brooks

There is poetry in fiction. If you cannot see it and feel it when you write, you need to step back and…

— Terry Brooks

Who would you be but who you are?

— Terry Brooks