What I want to write about has changed somewhat…– Terry Brooks
What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.
Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more …– 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.
Growing up, I didn’t have a lot of toys…– Terry Brooks
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.
Testing of self is a regular part of our own …– 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.
Anyway, several rewrites later…– Terry Brooks
Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list.
I might add that you change as a person as you …– Terry Brooks
I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you change as a writer, too.
On the other hand, I still approach each book with …– Terry Brooks
On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind – to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up.
Well, I think that as a country…– Terry Brooks
Well, I think that as a country, we’ve drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination.
My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered …– Terry Brooks
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.
I haven’t made up my mind about doing anymore …– Terry Brooks
I haven’t made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.