Terry Brooks

“What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.”

“Faith, Princess," the Prism Cat repeated. "It is a highly underrated weapon against the dark things in this world.”

“I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take you.”

“My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, to name a few.”

“What they didn't want to believe, what they tried repeatedly to dismiss, was that whatever good and evil existed in the world came from within themselves and not from some abstract source.”

“We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.”

“In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them on cardboard, then cutting them out and creating whole stories around their lives.”

“What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from, she thought absently. For better or worse, that is what we have to sustain us in our endevors, to buttress us in our darker moments, and to remind us of our identity. Without those things, we are adrift.”

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

“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.”

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

“I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out.”

“Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.”

“Anyway, that's the past, and what matters is the future. That's how life works, because it's short and precious and kind of doubtful.”

“Obi-Wan's young face clouded. "Some secrets are best left concealed, Master." He shook his head. "Besides, why must you always be the one to do the uncovering? You know how the Council feels about these... detours. Perhaps, just once, the uncovering should be left to someone else."Qui-Gon looked suddenly sad. "No, Obi-Wan. Secrets must be exposed when found. Detours must be taken when encountered. And if you are the one who stands at the crossroads or the place of concealment, you must never leave it to another to act in your place.”

“For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time.”

“Nothing is lost that we do not first see as lost. Visions born of fear give birth to our failing.Visions born of hope give birth to our success.What is possible lives within us, and it only remains for us to discover it.”

“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 live it for an afternoon.”

“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.”

“Cats can do whatever they want, whenever they want, without regard to what anyone says or does. Rather like Princesses.”