Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.

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.

Through light, together, let us breed positivity as a lifestyle.

Persistence is a writer's best friend disguised as a bully.

The public is increasingly disgusted with a steady diet of defamation, and prepared to reward those who refrain from it.

I believe in the sanctity of marriage.

writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers.

I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.

Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.

I don't think art is in danger of dissolution or disappearance, and we don't trust enough in its ability and power to create critical consciousness as much as we think we do.

To be a good designer, you would need to have deep and far-reaching interests outside of the profession.

I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.