You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves.

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.

Only when you are in trouble do you realize who your true friends are… And, my dear, you will be surprised!

having patience always gives you what you deserve.

The Universe mirrors you. It mirrors your thoughts, both conscious and subconscious. It mirrors your actions and reactions.

I am not willing to let the market-place determine the future of the animal kingdom.

I think everyone roots for the underdog.

I don't know anybody that's not emotionally unstable or schizophrenic.

God is like a shitty girlfriend.

We need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths.

I'm pretty much a couch potato.

There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character.