A character is what he does, yes - but even more, a character is what he means to do.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.

I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

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

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

The final reward of the dead - to die no more

The future is like a corridor into which we can see only by the light coming from behind.

Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one's own skilled action.

Getting started on writing a book isn't as hard as it sounds. You don't need a plan and an outline. In fact, all you need are two things: time and one idea.

I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.

Good dreams don't come cheap, you've got to pay for them and If you just dream when you're asleep this is no way for them to come alive... to survive.

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

The unknown energy that can help humanity is that which lies hidden in the child.

Find the game where you can win, and then commit your life to playing it; and play to win.