Fiction, because it is not about somebody who actually lived in the real world, always has the possibility of being about oneself.

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.

I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing

A dog to vomit does turn, A fool to folly but return, The wise err and learn, Gaining from each burn.

There are a million ways of arriving at a performance, any number of them solid.

First they didn't believe in evolution. Then they didn't believe in global warming. Now the debt ceiling. What I call 'the moron trifecta.'

I heard Dennis Kucinich say in a debate, 'When I'm president... and I just wanted to stop him and say, 'Dude.'

It is difficult to play against Einstein's theory -on his first loss to Fischer

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.

Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.

I still want Oprah to play my best friend. I want to spend time with Oprah.