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

Quote by Terry Brooks

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My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.

My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.

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

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

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

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

My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers -...

My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers -...

I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you...

I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you...

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

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

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did...

Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did...

I remember one winter, when I was about five or six, I spent three days...

I remember one winter, when I was about five or six, I spent three days...

I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but...

I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but...

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way...

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way...

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

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

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other...

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other...

I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books...

I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books...

In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them...

In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them...

After all, you put a lot into creating a universe and everything that goes with...

After all, you put a lot into creating a universe and everything that goes with...

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.

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...

Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the...

Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the...