Novelists invent characters

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

True tragedy may be defined as a dramatic work in which the outward failure of the principal personage is compensated for by the dignity and greatness of his character.

I hate to lose and even as an amateur I won every tournament I was in.

You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done.

That's a lovely experience when you make an audience laugh. Then the nerves go away for a bit. And sometimes you do things then that you've never done before that are really funny.

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

Stereotypically speaking feminists can't take a joke. ::audience boo:: See?

The American Museum of Natural History is my son's absolute favorite place in the world! So we really, really, really love New York.

It is a just retribution for improper sexual misconduct

[Mid-list writers are now] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish and sell only blockbusters and leave the real work to small presses.