Terry Brooks Quotes

I thought I might write mysteries for the rest of my life.

I love sci-fi, especially when it thrives on a thought-provoking story, rather than explosions.

I'm big on having a blistering pace. That's one of the hallmarks of what I do, and that's not easy. I never blow up cars and things like that, so it's something else that keeps the suspense flowing. I try not to write a chapter that isn't going to turn on the movie projector in your head.

I'd love to make a thriller.

I definitely saw 'The Kill,' when I started it, as an entertainment.

Stargate by far is the top of the pile when it comes to Sci-Fi. The quality is great. They have really good writers, production design, lighting, wardrobe.

So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.

When I set out to write 'Sanctus,' all I wanted to do was craft a piece of high quality entertainment.

What attracted me to 'The Maze Runner' is its pure action.

Beginnings and endings are not interesting; audiences want the high point, which means you've got to get to it and get to it now - get the gun out fast, the clothes off quick.

That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in.

I like a good old thriller.

The way I view drama is life with the boring bits taken out.

A plot without action is like pasta without garlic, like Dolly Parton without cleavage, and like a writer without his similes.

No Way Back is my kind of novel - a tough, taut thriller - Mofina knows the world he writes about.

'Scorpion' has so much humor and so much heart and a great deal of action.

I like a good suspense thriller when it's smart and well done like 'Armed Response' is.

Without a good story, a franchise won't work.

I've been writing since 1973. I've written nonfiction things of that nature, but I'm probably best known for crime fiction and, to some extent, horror fiction.

With thrillers, I tend to concentrate on the research and pace more than the characters.

I write largely plot-driven stories.

There are other ways to create tension and drama than to have somebody stabbed through the back with a sword.

I've always been fascinated by horror.

Writing is the life blood of everything in Hollywood. Without writers, there are no scripts, no acting work.

For horror, the needs of the story have to be first.