In creating the strange milieu in which your story takes place, you must first understand as well as you possibly can the… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Writers create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The story is nothing like what you first thought it would be. But so what? It's better - richer, deeper, truer -… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“You guessed it! And you say you aren't creative!" "We did not guess anythiung. We deduced it from the plethora of data… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The story, the true story, is the one that the audience members create in their minds... transformed, elucidated, expanded, edited, and clarified… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If you give orders and explain nothing, you might get obedience, but you'll get no creativity. If you tell them your purpose,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Why did he hesitate? He finally admitted to himself that he was like an American child who was almost completely certain about Santa Claus,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I don't know of a soul who doesn't maintain two separate lists of doctrines - the ones they believe they believe; and the ones… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of contemporary literature.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets. This was the Third Invasion. There were no games,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
