We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.
Terry Brooks

My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.
Terry Brooks

I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore.
Terry Brooks

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 different level.
Terry Brooks

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.
Terry Brooks

Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own.
Terry Brooks

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 the real world.
Terry Brooks