Terry Brooks Quotes

United States, Writer
January 8, 1944

Terence Dean Brooks is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print. He is one of the biggest-selling living fantasy writers

The reader wants to see something happen between pages one and four hundred, and nothing happens if the characters don't change.

Terry Brooks
- Character
- Reader
- Hundred
Evil contained is not evil destroyed.

Terry Brooks
- Evil
- Destroyed

We should not be less than what we are.

Terry Brooks
- Should
Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.

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

Terry Brooks
- Hurt
- Travel
- Anger
If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical.

Terry Brooks
- Thinking
- Writing
- Magic
If you are ever completely satisfied with something you have written, you are setting your sights too low. But if you can't let go of your material even after you have done the best that you can with it, you are setting your sights too high.

Terry Brooks