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title: "29 Fiction Quotes By Orson Scott Card"
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> [All the stories are fictions. What matters is which fiction you believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/all-the-stories-are-fictions-what-matters-is-which-fiction-you-believe/)

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> [Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/science-fiction-is-about-what-could-be-but-isn-t-fantasy-is-about/)

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> [Science Fiction has rivets, fantasy has trees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/science-fiction-has-rivets-fantasy-has-trees/)

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> [The difference between science fiction and fantasy … is simply this: science fiction has rivets and fantasy has trees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/the-difference-between-science-fiction-and-fantasy-is-simply-this/)

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> [I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-realized-that-everything-important-in-sci-fi-showed-up-in-the/)

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> [We care about moral issues, nobility, decency, happiness, goodness—the issues that matter in the real world, but which can only be addressed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/we-care-about-moral-issues-nobility-decency-happiness-goodness-the/)

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> [Fiction, because it is not about somebody who actually lived in the real world, always has the possibility of being about oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/fiction-because-it-is-not-about-somebody-who-actually-lived-in-the/)

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> [Oh no, real life is escape. The great terrors, the horrors--we hope--of your life come from reading fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/oh-no-real-life-is-escape-the-great-terrors-the-horrors-we-hope-of/)

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> [A rustic setting always suggests fantasy; to suggest science fiction, you need sheet metal and plastic. You need rivets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/a-rustic-setting-always-suggests-fantasy-to-suggest-science-fiction/)

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> [My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/my-favourite-all-time-work-of-fiction-lord-of-the-rings-my-favourite/)

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> [Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/everything-important-in-sci-fi-showed-up-in-the-magazines-first-it-s/)

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> [“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/what-we-ve-done-is-make-the-categories-of-science-fiction-and-fantasy/)

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> [“Speculative fiction by definition is geared toward an audience that wants strangeness, an audience that wants to spend time in worlds that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/speculative-fiction-by-definition-is-geared-toward-an-audience-that/)

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> [At some point, every science fiction and fantasy story must challenge the reader's experience and learning. That's much of the reason why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/at-some-point-every-science-fiction-and-fantasy-story-must-challenge/)

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> [“If you have people do some magic, impossible thing by stroking a talisman or praying to a tree, it's fantasy; if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/if-you-have-people-do-some-magic-impossible-thing-by-stroking-a/)

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> [“As a child of privilege, no one is your friend. They will claim to be your friends, they will laugh at your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/as-a-child-of-privilege-no-one-is-your-friend-they-will-claim-to-be/)

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> [“As often I have been a science fiction writer writing science fiction for the community of science fiction readers, I am also,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/as-often-i-have-been-a-science-fiction-writer-writing-science-fiction/)

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> [We don't read novels to have an experience like life. Heck, we're living lives, complete with all the incompleteness. We turn to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/we-don-t-read-novels-to-have-an-experience-like-life-heck-we-re/)

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> [“It wouldn't be practical to have sections called "Dog Stories", "Horse Stories", "Mid-life Crisis and Adultery", "Writers and Artists Struggling to Discover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/it-wouldn-t-be-practical-to-have-sections-called-dog-stories-horse/)

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> [“Why else do we read anyway? I think most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/why-else-do-we-read-anyway-i-think-most-of-us-anyway-read-these/)

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> [“Rigorous extrapolation, a gosh-wow love of gadgets, and mystical adventures in strange and mysterious places; every major stream in speculative fiction today…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/rigorous-extrapolation-a-gosh-wow-love-of-gadgets-and-mystical/)

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> [I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-think-that-most-of-us-anyway-read-these-stories-that-we-know-are/)

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> [“There's always moral instruction whether the writer inserts it deliberately or not. The least effective moral instruction in fiction is that which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/there-s-always-moral-instruction-whether-the-writer-inserts-it/)

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> [...You believe that the kind of story you want to tell might be best received by the science fiction and fantasy audience.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/you-believe-that-the-kind-of-story-you-want-to-tell-might-be-best/)

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> [“Why else do we read fiction, anyway? Not to be impressed by somebody's dazzling language - or at least I hope that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/why-else-do-we-read-fiction-anyway-not-to-be-impressed-by-somebody-s/)

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> [In a way, being a Mormon prepares you to deal with science fiction, because we live simultaneously in two very different cultures.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/in-a-way-being-a-mormon-prepares-you-to-deal-with-science-fiction/)

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> [There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good,' to behave in a way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/there-s-a-reason-why-every-human-society-has-fiction-it-teaches-us/)

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> [It's all just fictions anyway. We do what we do and then we make up reasons for it afterward but they're never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/it-s-all-just-fictions-anyway-we-do-what-we-do-and-then-we-make-up/)

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> [When I write fiction, I create characters whose views are not my own, and I allow them to be eloquent in defense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/when-i-write-fiction-i-create-characters-whose-views-are-not-my-own/)

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## More by Orson Scott Card

> [“You underestimate yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/you-underestimate-yourself/)

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> [We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/we-re-like-the-wicked-witch-we-promise-gingerbread-then-eat-the/)

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> [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:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-think-that-most-of-us-anyway-read-these-stories-that-we-know-are/)

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> [“Why did he hesitate? He finally admitted to himself that he was like an American child who was almost completely certain about Santa Claus,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/why-did-he-hesitate-he-finally-admitted-to-himself-that-he-was-like/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-don-t-know-of-a-soul-who-doesn-t-maintain-two-separate-lists-of/)

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> [Good people do not let others suffer needlessly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/good-people-do-not-let-others-suffer-needlessly/)

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> [“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/the-devil-jason-heaved-the-tick-over-his-shoulder-like-a-collier-with/)

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> [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/what-we-ve-done-is-make-the-categories-of-science-fiction-and-fantasy/)

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> [Where ideas are real and reality is shadow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/where-ideas-are-real-and-reality-is-shadow/)

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> [“Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets. This was the Third Invasion. There were no games,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/ender-for-the-past-few-months-you-have-been-the-battle-commander-of/)

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> [Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/science-fiction-is-about-what-could-be-but-isn-t-fantasy-is-about/)

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> [Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/knowledge-is-just-opinion-that-you-trust-enough-to-act-upon/)

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> [“Of course they accused Marcão of having done it without provocation—that’s the way of torturers of every age, to put the blame on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/of-course-they-accused-marc-o-of-having-done-it-without-provocation/)

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> [“Civilization is only a pretense; in the crisis, we become mere apes again, forgetting the rational biped of our pretensions and becoming instead the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/civilization-is-only-a-pretense-in-the-crisis-we-become-mere-apes/)

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> [“Where did this whole thing begin? If what we think of as reality is just a pattern that somebody brought Outside, and the universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/where-did-this-whole-thing-begin-if-what-we-think-of-as-reality-is/)

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