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Piers Anthony Quotes: "When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour."

When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "When you steal from the library, you are preventing anyone else from reading that book, and the very notion makes me want to drop you in the Void."

When you steal from the library, you are preventing anyone else from reading that book, and the very notion makes me want to drop you in the Void.




Piers Anthony Quotes: "One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless."

One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Happy children do not seem to grow up to be writers."

Happy children do not seem to grow up to be writers.




Piers Anthony Quotes: "Information is power. --Humfrey"

Information is power. --Humfrey



Piers Anthony Quotes: "But one must go where one's road leads, even when it's a distressing road."

But one must go where one's road leads, even when it's a distressing road.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense."

All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense.




Piers Anthony Quotes: "SF is the literature of the theoretically possible, and F is the literature of the impossible."

SF is the literature of the theoretically possible, and F is the literature of the impossible.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Obviously it could be, because it was."

Obviously it could be, because it was.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements."

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Polishing: a useful lesson for the hopeful writer. You say your tormented prose doesn't read as well as mine? Neither does mine, at first!"

Polishing: a useful lesson for the hopeful writer. You say your tormented prose doesn't read as well as mine? Neither does mine, at first!



Piers Anthony Quotes: "One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need."

One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need.




Piers Anthony Quotes: "That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary."

That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "For our stories are not yet finished, and perhaps will never be."

For our stories are not yet finished, and perhaps will never be.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "I think it's a shame that something as creative and vital to the nature of the human species as story-telling is largely controlled by the soulless cretins known as publishers."

I think it's a shame that something as creative and vital to the nature of the human species as story-telling is largely controlled by the soulless cretins known as publishers.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it."

It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "When I started writing this, I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humorous, and continued from there."

When I started writing this, I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humorous, and continued from there.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "I have always admired the work of Phil Farmer and was glad for the chance to work with him. Readers today may be too young to remember his classics like The Lovers."

I have always admired the work of Phil Farmer and was glad for the chance to work with him. Readers today may be too young to remember his classics like The Lovers.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "...the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish."

...the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Normally I work out a general summary of what I mean to do, then start writing, and the details can be different from my anticipation. So there is considerable flow, but always within channels."

Normally I work out a general summary of what I mean to do, then start writing, and the details can be different from my anticipation. So there is considerable flow, but always within channels.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "We are all creatures of our ancestry! There is no right and wrong, objectively."

We are all creatures of our ancestry! There is no right and wrong, objectively.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "What I like least is dealing with publishers who simply don't want collaborations regardless of their merit."

What I like least is dealing with publishers who simply don't want collaborations regardless of their merit.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them."

As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "The biggest fool is the one who thinks he knows it all."

The biggest fool is the one who thinks he knows it all.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "I turned my home state of Florida into the Land of Xanth."

I turned my home state of Florida into the Land of Xanth.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series also shows the potential of lighter fantastic fiction. I read the first, and listened to a tape of a later one, and it's fun."

Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series also shows the potential of lighter fantastic fiction. I read the first, and listened to a tape of a later one, and it's fun.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "If every editor turns you down, maybe you should take a second look at your text, however, just in case."

If every editor turns you down, maybe you should take a second look at your text, however, just in case.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Dor woke again as dawn came. The sun had somehow gotten around to the east, where the land was, and dried off so that it could shine again."

Dor woke again as dawn came. The sun had somehow gotten around to the east, where the land was, and dried off so that it could shine again.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Bink knew the dolphin only from old pictures; it was a kind of magic fish that breathed air instead of water."

Bink knew the dolphin only from old pictures; it was a kind of magic fish that breathed air instead of water.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say about it, so I did another. And another, and then the readers demanded yet more."

I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say about it, so I did another. And another, and then the readers demanded yet more.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Is it foolish to care for non-existent folk?Then, leave me to my foolishness."

Is it foolish to care for non-existent folk?Then, leave me to my foolishness.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it."

People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and need them all."

I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and need them all.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Robert Jordan... is a lot of writer"

Robert Jordan... is a lot of writer



Piers Anthony Quotes: "If the fiercest conglomerate monsters had souls, with all that implied, who could condemn them as evil?"

If the fiercest conglomerate monsters had souls, with all that implied, who could condemn them as evil?



Piers Anthony Quotes: "At present I answer about 100 letters a month, and read 300 emails."

At present I answer about 100 letters a month, and read 300 emails.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do."

But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "At the time I wrote Xone I had never been on the Internet."

At the time I wrote Xone I had never been on the Internet.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "I do one Xanth novel a year, because at the moment that is all that publishers will accept; they don't want any other type of fiction from me, so Xanth pays my way."

I do one Xanth novel a year, because at the moment that is all that publishers will accept; they don't want any other type of fiction from me, so Xanth pays my way.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to support us."

Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to support us.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "A horse is wonderful by definition."

A horse is wonderful by definition.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "No novel is a clone of any preceding one, though with a background cast of characters and things that has grown to thousands, there are many familiar aspects."

No novel is a clone of any preceding one, though with a background cast of characters and things that has grown to thousands, there are many familiar aspects.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Keep writing, because not only does practice improve skill, it gives you more chances to score on the market. I did that for eight years before making my first sale."

Keep writing, because not only does practice improve skill, it gives you more chances to score on the market. I did that for eight years before making my first sale.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Be what you are; it is better that way. --Dolph"

Be what you are; it is better that way. --Dolph



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Terry Pratchett's right up my alley ... give him a try!"

Terry Pratchett's right up my alley ... give him a try!



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Never thought I'd see the day when Death was denied. That leaves taxes as the only certainty."

Never thought I'd see the day when Death was denied. That leaves taxes as the only certainty.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "Every person professes to love good and hate evil, but in his actions his real preferences emerges."

Every person professes to love good and hate evil, but in his actions his real preferences emerges.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "By all means. Swords have ever been the best servants of crazy men."

By all means. Swords have ever been the best servants of crazy men.



Piers Anthony Quotes: "A mortal person's mind is like a wilderness, with a tremendous volume of decaying constructs and half-understood experience forming natural harbors for wild animal effects."

A mortal person's mind is like a wilderness, with a tremendous volume of decaying constructs and half-understood experience forming natural harbors for wild animal effects.