In my dreams, " said Ender, "I'm never sure whether I'm really me.

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.

Ender didn't like fighting. He didn't like Peter's kind, the strong against the weak, and he didn't like his own kind either, the smart against the stupid.

I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.

There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.

Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.

If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.

I taught you everything you know. But I didn't teach you everything I know.

Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.

Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.

Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice.

You must learn to relate to God in the midst of your daily responsibilities and weekly routines because they occupy the majority of your life.

A social critic is someone whose work revolves around where and how our successes are failing us.

What is important is to keep learning to enjoy challenge and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers.

I like Rufus Wainwright a whole lot. He makes me wanna be even more musical.

It's horrible to get a cameraphone shoved in your face every time you walk out the door.

Our continual desire for praise ought to convince us of our mortality, if nothing else will.

I don't consider genre while writing.

There are conservatives in Hollywood who make good movies. They just don't make conservative movies because that's not what gets funded.

I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.

What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.