Explore Quotes by Piers Anthony

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Robert Jordan... is a lot of writer

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.

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

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

One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who avoid conflicts at all costs, or seem to seek them. Who are hypersensitive, self-critical, compulsive, workaholic, and above all survivors. We are not that way from perversity, and we cannot just relax and let it go. We’ve learned to cope in ways you never had to.

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

Adults had the notion that juveniles needed to suffer. Only when they had suffered enough to wipe out most of their naturally joyous spirits and innocence were they staid enough to be considered mature. An adult was essentially a broken-down child.

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

Information is power. --Humfrey

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

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

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.