Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't 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.

...when you look at the stars, you should tremble - only dullards have become callous to this frisson ...

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.

Beauty is an omnipresence of death and loveliness, a smiling sadness that we discern in nature and all things, a mystic communion that the poet feels.

If God is real, and I believe he is, then he is outside of nature. He is, therefore, not limited by the laws of nature in the way that we are.

I think stand is better now than it's ever been. I think it's the greatest time ever to do standup comedy.

I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated?

I'm sure nobody wants to just work and earn money and all that stuff. I know it's difficult for people to break out of the syndrome, doing a normal job.

Remember, the enemy's gate is down.

Part of creating is understanding that there is always more to do; nothing is ever completely finished.

I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.