Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story.

Quote by Terry Goodkind

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Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true......

The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true......

I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'.

I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'.

They look at me and I kind of back up in case they go for...

They look at me and I kind of back up in case they go for...

I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.

I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.

After that, I came back every year. Everyone said, 'Well, when you retire you can...

After that, I came back every year. Everyone said, 'Well, when you retire you can...

I don't think I could have written what I did any earlier.

I don't think I could have written what I did any earlier.

If God is so powerful, can he create a rock which he cannot lift?

If God is so powerful, can he create a rock which he cannot lift?

Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.

Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.

I had to live this long, have the experiences I've had, to create what I...

I had to live this long, have the experiences I've had, to create what I...

I hate telling that story to people who've been struggling for years.

I hate telling that story to people who've been struggling for years.

It allows you to say things that sound very dramatic and get away with it....

It allows you to say things that sound very dramatic and get away with it....

Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind.

Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind.

No one ever goes into battle thinking God is on the other side.

No one ever goes into battle thinking God is on the other side.

After the book took off, I bought a whole new wardrobe.

After the book took off, I bought a whole new wardrobe.

The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.

The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.

The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.

The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.

Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy

Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy

Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and...

Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and...

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive...

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive...