119 Quotes by Piers Anthony

Normally I work out a general summary of what I mean to do, then start writing, and the details can be different from my anticipation. So there is considerable flow, but always within channels.

That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.

I have always admired the work of Phil Farmer and was glad for the chance to work with him. Readers today may be too young to remember his classics like The Lovers.

When I started writing this, I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humorous, and continued from there.

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

It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it.

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.

At the time I wrote Xone I had never been on the Internet.

If every editor turns you down, maybe you should take a second look at your text, however, just in case.