But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do. — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
If every editor turns you down, maybe you should take a second look at your text, however, just in case. — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need. — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it. — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
“I have, as may be apparent, not much respect for editors as a class.” — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Polishing: a useful lesson for the hopeful writer. You say your tormented prose doesn't read as well as mine? Neither does mine,… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
When you steal from the library, you are preventing anyone else from reading that book, and the very notion makes me want… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
The library is a place of mental diversion, learning, and comfort for anyone who has an intellect. I know of no librarian… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
“Writers pay a lot of attention to wordage, because some publishers seem to care more about length than about quality and will… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Normally I work out a general summary of what I mean to do, then start writing, and the details can be different… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
No novel is a clone of any preceding one, though with a background cast of characters and things that has grown to… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
“At first I was exhilarated by my freedom from the responsibility of the kingship. This lasted about seven minutes. I was also depressed by… — Piers Anthony Copy Share
I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say… — Piers Anthony Copy Share
I hope to read a Harry Potter novel soon, to see what it's all about. I admit to being annoyed that many good light… — Piers Anthony Copy Share
Princess Rose should indeed be a TV movie, assuming something doesn't go wrong. I don't know how good a movie it will be, because… — Piers Anthony Copy Share
Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to… — Piers Anthony Copy Share
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… — Piers Anthony Copy Share
I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to… — Piers Anthony Copy Share
One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who… — Piers Anthony Copy Share
Barbarian --A Code of Conduct honored by all true barbarian warriors, requiring excellent coordination with weapons, closeness to nature, awkwardness with women, common sense,… — Piers Anthony Copy Share
But one must go where one's road leads, even when it's a distressing road. — Piers Anthony Copy Share
“What is life, except an ongoing instinct for survival? Nature uses that instinct to make us perform; otherwise we would all relax, and the… — Piers Anthony Copy Share
