"

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

"

All these uses a valid; all these reading of the book are "correct". For all these readers have placed themselves inside this story, not as spectators...more

"

As often I have been a science fiction writer writing science fiction for the community of science fiction readers, I am also, for good or ill, an Ame...more

"

...What I depend on is a vigorous audience that can discover sweetness and light, beauty and truth, beyond the ability of the artist, on his own, to c...more

"

I came because I've spent my whole life in the company of the brother that I hated. Now I want a chance to know the brother that I love, before it's t...more

"

It didn't matter he was brilliant and dedicated and good. He was a child. He was young.No he isn't, thought Ender. Small, yes. Bur Bean has been throu...more

"

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. I never felt that I spo...more

"

While you're governing the colony and I'm writing political philosophy, They'll never guess that in the darkness of night we sneak into each other's r...more