There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

Quote by Orson Scott Card

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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...

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

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

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;...

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...

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...

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...

I listen to music constantly while writing.

I listen to music constantly while writing.

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.

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...