Raymond E. Feist
Raymond E. Feist
Raymond Elias Feistis an American author who primarily writes fantasy fiction. He is best known for The Riftwar Cycle of novels and short stories. His books have been translated into multiple languages and have sold over 15 million copies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
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I feel when a writer treats a character as 'precious,' the writer runs the risk of turning them into a comic book character. There's nothing wrong with comic book characters in comic books, but I don't write comic books.
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Also, it's risky to try to duplicate earlier success. Magician had a certain charm to it, mostly due to my choice of lead characters, that I would be hard put to duplicate.
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You can't succeed unless you're willing to risk failure
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The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.
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If you're going to risk dying, there's no sense doing it wet, cold and hungry unless absolutely necessary.
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I enjoyed the "people" aspect of sales, but the haggling, the rinding, the tedium... thanks, but I'll keep on writing if I'm permitted.
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I've never worried about 'the reader' because there isn't one. There are thousands, and they all have strong opinions, from 'Magician' was the best ever,' and I've gone downhill since to 'The new book is the best ever,' so to whom to I listen? So I write for myself and hope other people like it.
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Either systems are in balance or they are falling apart. If people are acting in what appears to be a twisted way, I want to know the reason for that.
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All the Midkemia stories are part of a 'history of an imaginary place,' so I've always known the cycle covered five rift wars. I just got to the end after 30 books. So there was no particular inspiration, save it was time to finish the whole shebang.
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I don't like fantasy where a king snaps his fingers and suddenly a whole army appears and goes off to war - he's got to feed them, he's got to pay them, he's got to take care of the camp followers and the gamblers and the people who cause disorder.
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Writing is not a competitive sport. Everyone that writes has his or her own voice.
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When you talk about fantasy, the usual problem is that whilst you've got the world of imagination, there are no controlling forces.
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People like rules, or at least the appearance of rules, even in fantasy.
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One of the key issues will be personal honour vs. the good of the many, and unforeseen consequences.