“At this slower pace the journey took a couple of days, and I fought off a few minor threats along the way --griffins, carnivorous plants, giant serpents, hostile centaurs, that sort of thing, purely routine --and I was beginning to get bored when at last the dusky towers of Castle Roogna hove into view.” WayLastsViewsJourneyCoupleThreatPlantBoredGiantsRoutinePaceMinorsTowersHostileCastlesSerpentCentaursSlower Pace Book:Crewel lye: a caustic yarn Source: Crewel lye: a caustic yarn
“One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who avoid conflicts at all costs, or seem to seek them. Who are hypersensitive, self-critical, compulsive, workaholic, and above all survivors. We are not that way from perversity, and we cannot just relax and let it go. We’ve learned to cope in ways you never had to.” WayInspirationalShouldSelfFeelingsSeemsUnderstandingOne ThingChildhoodCostConflictLetting GoSeekingCriticalHappySecureSensitiveI've LearnedRelaxSurvivorAvoidingLet It GoCopingWorkaholicHappy ChildhoodPerversityUnhappy Childhood Author:Piers Anthony
“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 the way movie folk think is different from the way writers think, and I distrust what isn't done my way. This is what I call a healthy paranoia.” ThinkingKnowsWayShouldDifferentDoneKnow HowTvsHealthyAssumingRoseFolksMy WayPrincessDistrustParanoia Author:Piers Anthony
“I do one Xanth novel a year, because at the moment that is all that publishers will accept; they don't want any other type of fiction from me, so Xanth pays my way.” WayWantYearsMomentsPayFictionAcceptingNovelTypeMy WayPublishersAccept Me Author:Piers Anthony
