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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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...

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

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...

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...

Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being...

Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being...

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.

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

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

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.

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

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...

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

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

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 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 don't believe that there are aliens. I believe there are really different people.

I don't believe that there are aliens. I believe there are really different people.

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;...

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...

But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be...

But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be...

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...

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...

I listen to music constantly while writing.

I listen to music constantly while writing.