"Fiction writers are strange beasts. They are, like all writers, observers first and foremost. Everything that happens to and around them is potential material for a story, and they look at it that way."

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Source : Terry Brooks (2003). “Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life”, p.24, Del Rey

Terry Brooks

#Writing Quotes #Looks Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“We've seen a lot of people self-destruct because of a small taste of success.”
“As we prepare our homes to be places where the Spirit is welcome, we will be prepared to feel more 'at home' when we enter the House of the Lord.”
“Don't give up. Don't ever give up.”

Source : Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993
“I definitely need clarity.”
“I’d rather be happy and odd than miserable and ordinary.”
“We need to forge a whole new energy and American Dream.”
“Whatever is about you that is translated into your art, that's gonna keep you completly original and fresh and I just think that, that's just the best advice I can give, to an artist creatively.”
“The thought in my mind was that I must be a good merchant. If I were a good merchant, the rest would probably take care of itself.”

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