I'm not a liar, sir,' she said. "'No, I'm sure you sincerely become whatever it is you're pretending to be.

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 nature of things is, I admit, a sturdy adversary.

I am made of words. When you cut me, I bleed sentences. When you read me, I speak to your soul.

When one is not able to take a decision out of many alternatives, the mind unconsciouslydivides into many parts – sometimes as many as the alternatives.

I declare that I will establish peace in this world.

All that [replacing of fat] does is lead to dissatisfaction and I think that dissatisfaction results in overeating.

If you change your diet, someone will call you a traitor.

We fancied even that the bushes smelt unpleasantly.

I am getting some good offers still. Some nice things are coming my way just as they always have, so unless I lose my inspiration or there is too much drool to wipe, I will keep going.

Looking at the creative process is like looking into a crystal: no matter which facet we gaze into, we see all the others reflected.

The course is playing the players instead of the players playing the course.