I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects of the poison began to be felt.

Quote by Orson Scott Card

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For he loved her, as you can only love someone who is an echo of...

For he loved her, as you can only love someone who is an echo of...

I listen to music constantly while writing.

I listen to music constantly while writing.

It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.

It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.

The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing...

The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing...

I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing...

I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing...

In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I...

In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I...

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the...

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the...

Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for...

Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for...

I buy way too many books.

I buy way too many books.

The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day...

The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day...

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than...

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than...

The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid...

The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid...

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is...

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is...

Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.

Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.

I think it's impossible to really know someone, what they want, what they believe, and...

I think it's impossible to really know someone, what they want, what they believe, and...

All that we can't say is all we need to hear.

All that we can't say is all we need to hear.

Empathy is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable...

Empathy is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable...

Among all the creatures of creation, the gods favor us: We are the only ones...

Among all the creatures of creation, the gods favor us: We are the only ones...

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.