I buy way too many books.

Quote by Orson Scott Card

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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...

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

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:...

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...

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...

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat...

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat...

Love shortens time, changes the hours. Love is invincible. Many waters cannot quench it nor...

Love shortens time, changes the hours. Love is invincible. Many waters cannot quench it nor...

Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes...

Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes...

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...

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

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.

And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me;...

And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me;...

My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor,...

My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor,...

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.

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.

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...

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto...

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto...

Wit thou well that I will not live long after thy days.

Wit thou well that I will not live long after thy days.

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...

I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.

I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

I have no ambition in this world but one, and that is to be a...

I have no ambition in this world but one, and that is to be a...