Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

Quote by Orson Scott Card

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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

I buy way too many books.

I buy way too many books.

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 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...

I listen to music constantly while writing.

I listen to music constantly while writing.

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 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.

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

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...

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.

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book:...

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book:...

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

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

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...

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...

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...