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

Quote by Orson Scott Card

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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,...

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

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.

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...

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not...

A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not...

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

What's better? A lie that draws a smile or the truth that draws a tear?

What's better? A lie that draws a smile or the truth that draws a tear?