After that, I came back every year. Everyone said, 'Well, when you retire you can move there.' But I said, 'Why should I live my whole life where I don't want to be.'
Terry Goodkind

After the book took off, I bought a whole new wardrobe.
Terry Goodkind

Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind.
Terry Goodkind

Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story.
Terry Goodkind

I don't think I could have written what I did any earlier.
Terry Goodkind

I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.
Terry Goodkind

I had to live this long, have the experiences I've had, to create what I do. I knew I wanted to write for years, but I had to be ready so I wouldn't blow it. The move to Maine was the final step.
Terry Goodkind

I hate telling that story to people who've been struggling for years.
Terry Goodkind

I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'.
Terry Goodkind

If God is so powerful, can he create a rock which he cannot lift?
Terry Goodkind


It allows you to say things that sound very dramatic and get away with it. If you had characters in modern fiction say the same things as they're driving down the street in an Oldsmobile they'd sound ludicrous!
Terry Goodkind

Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.
Terry Goodkind

No one ever goes into battle thinking God is on the other side.
Terry Goodkind

The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true... or being afraid it is.
Terry Goodkind

The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.
Terry Goodkind

They look at me and I kind of back up in case they go for my throat.
Terry Goodkind

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.
Terry Goodkind