I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to live through at least a few more.

Quote by Orson Scott Card

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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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many...

I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many...

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

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...

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...

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...

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

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...

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...

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...

Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall...

Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall...

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...

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...

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 am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison...

I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison...