The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the other things will come; if you don't, there's no hope for you.

Quote by Orson Scott Card

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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;...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

I buy way too many books.

I buy way too many books.

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...

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...

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'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...

I listen to music constantly while writing.

I listen to music constantly while writing.

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,...

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney.

Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney.

What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black...

What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black...