Oh, I'll live Ender's life, too. It's so much more interesting than my own." ~Val

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.

My inheritance is grief and sunlight and the ability to choose which to hold on to.

Happiness is the light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep.

At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them.

It is not violence that best overcomes hate -- nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.

The man I adored, and miss him terribly, was Johnny Carson.

Don't be afraid. Don't be daunted. Just do your job. Continue to show up for your piece of it, whatever that might be.

I am accusing him of stealing my best material, he was a very funny man.

I have a three-piece suit. I’m an art collector. I have a funny accent. So I’m probably the killer.

The older I get, the less I am bothered by talk like that. I have total faith in my coach Yohan Blake, total faith.