119 Quotes by Piers Anthony

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.

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

But I’ve been dead much longer than I lived, and I have had the chance to educate myself in that that I lacked in life. I wasn’t stupid when I lived, just ignorant. There’s a lot to learn, simply by watching the follies of the living.

Here’s a secret: fictive text doesn’t necessarily flow easily. Most of the time it’s more like cutting a highway through a mountain. You just have to keep working with your pick, chipping away at the rock, making slow progress.

Do you seek to bribe Death?” Zane asked, half angry and two-thirds curious.

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!

But I have so much to learn!” Zane cried plaintively. “Then get to it, Death,” she said, closing the door behind her.

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.

God created the earth but the Devil evolved it.