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 wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

People are fragile. They die of mistakes, of overdoses, of sickness. But mostly they die of Death.

Take a perfect day add six hours of rain and fog and you have instant London.

Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.

If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure

I dont like quotes. You can quote me on that.

Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors

I can do accents really well.

By ourselves we suffer serious limitations. Together we can be something wonderful.

Is French kissing in France just called kissing?

The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.