There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good,' to behave in a way that… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If I wanted to doubt, then I could doubt endlessly, but at some point a person has to stop questioning and act,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The only process you've mastered is the process of elimination, and the only reason you've mastered that is because you can do… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If I wanted to doubt, then I could doubt endlessly ... but at some point a person has to stop questioning and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I know everything I need to know already," Rigg always said... To which Father always replied,"See how ignorant you are? You don't… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Once you have the gallows, you'll find new reasons to hang people from it. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
At some point, every science fiction and fantasy story must challenge the reader's experience and learning. That's much of the reason why… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
It's all just fictions anyway. We do what we do and then we make up reasons for it afterward but they're never… — 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
