My last book was speculative. I just don't quite know what I am doing. But I'll get there. I have a list of things I would love to write.

What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine?

In the wintertime I like macaroni and cheese.

An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers, or brain cleansers.

You can quit smoking, and never have to have a cigarette again to survive. But with food, it is a daily challenge.

I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers.

I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, and I was ruining everyone's Christmas.

I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you wanted to, even, but it could still feel big.

In 1998, I started a blog, something I could control very easily and update at my own whim.

I'm not that much of a researcher. I'm good at channeling characters, and I'm good at structure.

To be a Pharisee is not to understand kingdom principles

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

It's a simple formula do your best and somebody might like it.

The arts develop skills and habits of mind that are important for workers in the new economy of ideas.

I just want to make sure I have a sense of balance between work and life, because work is my life and the lines can get really blurry.

If Mike Tyson is in your courtroom and you don't send him to jail, it's an injustice. Everyone knows he's a bad guy. So if he is in your courtroom, he should go to jail.

Our brain is continuously being shaped - we can take more responsibility for our own brain by cultivating positive influences.

It’s difficult to create fashion, you can’t just learn it, you have to have fashion in your DNA.

Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

A person who undertakes to grow a garden at home, by practices that will preserve rather than exploit the economy of the soil, has his mind precisely against what is wrong with us.