It allows you to say things that sound very dramatic and get away with it. If you had characters in modern fiction say the same things as they're driving down the street in an Oldsmobile they'd sound ludicrous!

Quote by Terry Goodkind

Topics: Terry Goodkind Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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......

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?

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.