Before we are citizens, we are children, and it is as children that we come to understand freedom and authority, liberty and duty.

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.

A wise man's sorrow is better than a fool's happiness.

Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power.

I like having written better than I like having acted.

...Prayer is not always petition, sometimes it is just communion. It is the exquisite ministry of friendship.

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. It did not end well.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

There will be no support in the island of Ireland for building a nuclear power station.

Success is not measured in achievement of goals, but in the stress and strain of meeting those goals

Singing is still the important thing to me. I love singing. I wouldn't be putting myself through all this if I didn't.