I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out.

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

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

If I have the means, I have the responsibility to employ them.

Herein lies the heart and soul of the nations. Their right to be free men, Their desire to live in peace, Their courage to seek out truth, Herein lies the Sword of Shannara.

Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination - think up a story and go live it for an afternoon.

The future is an ever-shifting maze of possibilities until it becomes the present. The future I have shown you tonight is not yet fixed. But it is more likely to become so with the passing of every day because nothing is being done to turn it aside. If you would change it, do as I have told you.