Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob is an English American author in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is most famous for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xanth...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 August 1934
couple journey views
At this slower pace the journey took a couple of days, and I fought off a few minor threats along the way --griffins, carnivorous plants, giant serpents, hostile centaurs, that sort of thing, purely routine --and I was beginning to get bored when at last the dusky towers of Castle Roogna hove into view.
book reading library
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.
hopeful doe lessons
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!
children growing-up grows
Happy children do not seem to grow up to be writers.
glitter sometimes guilty
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.
people one-day opinion
One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless.
self childhood feelings
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.
courage fear coward
Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.
too-much pleasure
But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do.
fathom make-sense all-things
All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense.
pain opponents dangerous
That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.
letters months email
At present I answer about 100 letters a month, and read 300 emails.
wish needs i-want-you
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.
giving trying alleys
Terry Pratchett's right up my alley ... give him a try!