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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.

Piers Anthony

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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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The biggest fool is the one who thinks he knows it all.
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Is it foolish to care for non-existent folk?Then, leave me to my foolishness.
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I never do a full outline, and if I did, I would not feel bound to it, because the view from inside a scene can be different from the view outside it. But neither do I just start writing and see what happens I am far more disciplined than that.
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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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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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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.
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People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it.
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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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At present I answer about 100 letters a month, and read 300 emails.
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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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That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.
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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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I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.
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