Terry Brooks — American Writer born on January 08, 1944,

Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print. He is one of the biggest-selling living fantasy writers... (wikipedia)

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.
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.
We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not necessarily of our own making.
After all, you put a lot into creating a universe and everything that goes with it, and it seems a shame to use it only once.
Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on.