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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.

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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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Information is power. --Humfrey
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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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The biggest fool is the one who thinks he knows it all.
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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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Obviously it could be, because it was.
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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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...the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish.
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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!
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If every editor turns you down, maybe you should take a second look at your text, however, just in case.
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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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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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Is it foolish to care for non-existent folk?Then, leave me to my foolishness.
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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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Robert Jordan... is a lot of writer
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People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it.
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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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I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at nominal cost or free, and to have it on sale at booksellers like Amazon.com.
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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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She looked around. Oh, I've just got to hug somebody! You! And she hugged Puck, the little ghost horse. And you. She hugged Pook, and Peek, and even the nose of the moat monster. But not you, she decided, encountering the zombie.
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