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I think it's a shame that something as creative and vital to the nature of the human species as story-telling is largely controlled by the soulless cretins known as publishers.

Piers Anthony

I think it's a shame that something as creative and vital to the nature of the human species as story-telling is largely controlled by the soulless cretins known as publishers.

Tags: publishers, storytelling

There was nothing but mutual mischief.

Piers Anthony

There was nothing but mutual mischief.

About Author
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is best known for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xanth.
Many of his books have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, and he claims one of his greatest achievements has been to publish a book beginning with every letter of the alphabet, from Anthonology to Zombie Lover.

The sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish.

Piers Anthony

The sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish.

Referring to Jumper the spider, who needs to hide himself in human form, and he's learning to act like a human.I'm sure I can learn to walk faster than that, he said desperately.But you'll also need t...

Piers Anthony

Referring to Jumper the spider, who needs to hide himself in human form, and he's learning to act like a human.I'm sure I can learn to walk faster than that, he said desperately.But you'll also need t...

Tags: morals, spiders

Sinecure

Piers Anthony

Sinecure

I don’t care how the sin ledger stands. There seem to be a number of artificial standards of good and evil that don’t really relate to true merit or demerit. Maybe the official system of classificatio...

Piers Anthony

I don’t care how the sin ledger stands. There seem to be a number of artificial standards of good and evil that don’t really relate to true merit or demerit. Maybe the official system of classificatio...

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

Piers Anthony

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

Hell hath little fury like that of a critic who sees a writer make it big.

Piers Anthony

Hell hath little fury like that of a critic who sees a writer make it big.

How many people similarly spent their lives searching for their own spells—some gratuitous benefit such as a silver tree or political power or undeserved acclaim—when all they really needed was to be...

Piers Anthony

How many people similarly spent their lives searching for their own spells—some gratuitous benefit such as a silver tree or political power or undeserved acclaim—when all they really needed was to be...

Man is the one creature on Earth who knows he will die, and that is an appalling intellectual burden.

Piers Anthony

Man is the one creature on Earth who knows he will die, and that is an appalling intellectual burden.

Dor wondered whether, if he should ever happen to be a ghost for eight hundred years, zombies might begin to look good to him. He doubted it.

Piers Anthony

Dor wondered whether, if he should ever happen to be a ghost for eight hundred years, zombies might begin to look good to him. He doubted it.

What kind of fool had he been, to throw away romance untried?

Piers Anthony

What kind of fool had he been, to throw away romance untried?

Tags: romance

God created the earth but the Devil evolved it.

Piers Anthony

God created the earth but the Devil evolved it.

What splendor nature proffered to the eye of any man who had half the wit to appreciate it!

Piers Anthony

What splendor nature proffered to the eye of any man who had half the wit to appreciate it!

Dor shook his head. Such mysteries were beyond his fathoming. All he could do was...what he could do.

Piers Anthony

Dor shook his head. Such mysteries were beyond his fathoming. All he could do was...what he could do.

Tags: life lessons

Every person professes to love good and hate evil, but in his actions his real preferences emerges.

Piers Anthony

Every person professes to love good and hate evil, but in his actions his real preferences emerges.

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 matur...

Piers Anthony

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 matur...

Tags: innocence, suffering

A good notion for a novel is far too precious to waste; it must be caught the moment it flashes into mental view, or it will escape to the brain of some other writer who really doesn’t deserve it.

Piers Anthony

A good notion for a novel is far too precious to waste; it must be caught the moment it flashes into mental view, or it will escape to the brain of some other writer who really doesn’t deserve it.

Dor woke again as dawn came. The sun had somehow gotten around to the east, where the land was, and dried off so that it could shine again.

Piers Anthony

Dor woke again as dawn came. The sun had somehow gotten around to the east, where the land was, and dried off so that it could shine again.

Tags: humour

Now it was done. He was free of Xanth forever. Free to make his own life, without being ridiculed or mothered or tempted. Free to be himself.Bink put his face in his hands and cried.

Piers Anthony

Now it was done. He was free of Xanth forever. Free to make his own life, without being ridiculed or mothered or tempted. Free to be himself.Bink put his face in his hands and cried.

Tags: freedom, life