Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.

Quote by Orson Scott Card

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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.

I buy way too many books.

I buy way too many books.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

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;...

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

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...

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...

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...

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

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

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

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.

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.

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...