Character Quote by Orson Scott Card

“You underestimate yourself.”

— Orson Scott Card

We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

— Orson Scott Card

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

“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

“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

Good people do not let others suffer needlessly.

— Orson Scott Card

“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

“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

Where ideas are real and reality is shadow.

— Orson Scott Card

“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

Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.

— Orson Scott Card

Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon.

— Orson Scott Card