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

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Piers Anthony
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: January 1
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Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob
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Is it foolish to care for non-existent folk?Then, leave me to my foolishness.
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When I started writing this, I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humorous, and continued from there.
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The biggest fool is the one who thinks he knows it all.
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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.
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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.
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I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.
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Information is power. --Humfrey
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We are all creatures of our ancestry! There is no right and wrong, objectively.
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...the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish.
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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.
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At present I answer about 100 letters a month, and read 300 emails.
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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.
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Never thought I'd see the day when Death was denied. That leaves taxes as the only certainty.
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That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.
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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.
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If the fiercest conglomerate monsters had souls, with all that implied, who could condemn them as evil?
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In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it.
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Barbarian --A Code of Conduct honored by all true barbarian warriors, requiring excellent coordination with weapons, closeness to nature, awkwardness with women, common sense, and completion of the mission.
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