Oh no, real life is escape. The great terrors, the horrors--we hope--of your life come from reading fiction. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Fiction, because it is not about somebody who actually lived in the real world, always has the possibility of being about oneself. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Bean could see the hunger in their eyes. Not the regular hunger, for food, but the real hunger, the deep hunger, for… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Twisted and perverse are the ways of the human mind," Jane intoned. "Pinocchio was such a dolt to try to become a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
We care about moral issues, nobility, decency, happiness, goodness—the issues that matter in the real world, but which can only be addressed,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The great forces of history were real, after a fashion. But when you examined them closely, those great forces always came down… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
That's what so many people didn't understand about life. The real world is the one within the walls of homes; the outside… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
So let me tell you what I think about gods. I think a real god is not going to be so scared… — 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… — 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
