Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being happy, that is for those who write their names in the lives of others, and hold the hearts of others as the treasures most dear.

Quote by Orson Scott Card

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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.

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...

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.

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.

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book:...

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book:...

I buy way too many books.

I buy way too many books.

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...

The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell.

The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell.

I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to...

I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to...

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...

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be...

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be...

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...

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

I listen to music constantly while writing.

I listen to music constantly while 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...

God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient...

God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient...

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...

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the...

I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the...