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
tears trying way
Often I'll try things that just won't happen the way I'd like them to, so hearing that they're not working saves me some wear and tear the next time around.
risk succeed willing
You can't succeed unless you're willing to risk failure
heart broken mind
The saddest part of a broken heart Isn't the ending so much as the start The tragedy starts from the very first spark Losing your mind for the sake of your heart
years may encounters
Every person you encounter, whom you interact with, is there to teach you something. Sometimes it may be years before you realize what each had to show you.
first-love love-is firsts
The first love is the difficult love.
stupidity underestimate wealth
Never underestimate the potential for human stupidity when wealth and power are at stake.
writing historical-novels fantasy
I don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place.
goodbye two amazing-life
There were two things going on: 1) I had already established in my own mind where I wanted to go with the next series, and having James around as a Grey Eminence would have complicated matters. He had had an amazing life and it was time to bid him good-bye.
love dream opportunity
There are many ways to love someone. Sometimes we want love so much, we're not too choosy about who we love. Other times, we make love such a pure and noble thing, no poor human can ever meet our vision. But for the most part, love is a recognition, an opportunity to say, "There is something about you I cherish." It doesn't entail marriage, or even physical love. There's love of parents, love of city or nation, love of life, and love of people. All different, all love.
betrayal games issues
The issue of the Betrayal was so central to that, I felt the need to comment upon it. My choices were to ignore the games and put them 'outside' of continuity or to integrate them. I chose the latter.
american-author certain charm due duplicate earlier hard magician mostly risky
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.
american-author downhill hit people
There's always going to be comparisons, and that's unavoidable. There are people out there who feel I hit my peak with Magician and have gone downhill since.
certain choose fashion mostly people view
Mostly I'm writing about people, so I feel constrained to take with me my view of people, my curiosity about how people choose the things they do and why they come to certain decisions in a certain fashion and all the things that drive most writers.
ray sat
As a kid, I sat transfixed watching Ray Harryhausen's '7th Voyage of Sinbad.'