Sometimes the Magic Works Quotes

“If you do not hear music in your words, you have put too much thought into your writing and not enough heart.”
― Terry Brooks, Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life

“I am incomplete without my work. I am so closely bound to it, so much identified by it, that without it I think I would crumble into dust and drift away.”
― Terry Brooks, Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life

“Writers need their writing; they need their imaginary worlds in order to find piece in, or make sense of, the real world.”
― Terry Brooks, Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life

“Mostly, kids were expected to entertain themselves and stay out of their parents’ hair. To that end, you were sent outside to play at the drop of a hat. It wasn’t an option; it was a standing mandate. If there wasn’t a winter blizzard or a spring rainstorm or a summer heat wave, you went outside and stayed outside until the next mealtime came around.”
― Terry Brooks, Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life