Quotes by Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card

. . . All these readers have placed themselves inside this story, not as spectators, but as participants, and so have looked at the world, not with my eyes only, but also with their own.

Eye

Stories

World

…the thing with brothers is, you’re supposed to take turns being the keeper. Sometimes you get to sit down and be the brother who is kept.

Brother

Down And

Inspirational

…You believe that the kind of story you want to tell might be best received by the science fiction and fantasy audience. I hope you’re right, because in many ways this is the best audience in the world to write for. They’re open-minded and intelligent. They want to think as well as feel, understand as well as dream. Above all, they want to be led into places that no one has ever visited before. It’s a privilege to tell stories to these readers, and an honour when they applaud the tale you tell.

Believe

Dream

Writing

‘I could kill you like this,’ Peter whispered. ‘Just press and press until you’re dead’.

Enders Game

Peter

Ruthlessness

‘So if we can we’ll kill every last of the buggers, and if they can they’ll kill every last one of us. As for me,’ said Ender, ‘I’m in favor of surviving’.

Favors

Lasts

Ruthlessness

“We’ve devoted our lives to learning about them!” Miro said. Ender stopped. “Not from them.”

Devoted

Ender

Said

[It] was written and sold. I knew it was a strong story because I cared about it and believed in it. I had no idea that it would have the effect it had on the audience. While most people ignored it, of course, and continue to live full and happy lives without reading it or anything else by me, there was still a surprisingly large group who responded to the story with some fervency.

Happy Life

Reading

Strong

[T]he politically correct are above the rules of ordinary civility, once they have identified you as an unbeliever in their religion.

Civility

Ordinary

Politics

A broken clock is right two times a day.

Broken

Clock

Two

A character is what he does, yes – but even more, a character is what he means to do.

Character

Doe

Mean

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About Yourself

Accomplish

Acknowledge

Acting

Admiration

Adults

Adversity

Agony

Air

Alive

Ambition

America

And Love

Animal

Answers

Appearance

Argument

Army

Arsenal

Art

Asking

Asks

Association

Assuming

Asteroids

Australia

Awkward

Bachelors

Bags

Balance

Battle

Beans

Bears

Beautiful

Bed

Behave

Behavior

Being The Best

Being True

Believe

Benefits

Betrayal

Blame

Blind

Block

Bloody

Blow

Body

Book

Born

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Quotes by Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card

. . . All these readers have placed themselves inside this story, not as spectators, but as participants, and so have looked at the world, not with my eyes only, but also with their own.

…the thing with brothers is, you’re supposed to take turns being the keeper. Sometimes you get to sit down and be the brother who is kept.

‘I could kill you like this,’ Peter whispered. ‘Just press and press until you’re dead’.

‘So if we can we’ll kill every last of the buggers, and if they can they’ll kill every last one of us. As for me,’ said Ender, ‘I’m in favor of surviving’.

“We’ve devoted our lives to learning about them!” Miro said. Ender stopped. “Not from them.”

[T]he politically correct are above the rules of ordinary civility, once they have identified you as an unbeliever in their religion.

A broken clock is right two times a day.

A character is what he does, yes – but even more, a character is what he means to do.

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