The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the other things will come; if you don't, there's no hope for you.
Orson Scott Card
Writing, Experience, Questioning, Invention, Creative Process, Intellectual Curiosity
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Passion | Social Interaction | False Knowledge | Emotional Vulnerability | Exaggeration | Platonic Idealism | Literary Metaphor | Political Stance | Stubbornness | Collateral Damage | Violence | Political Manipulation | Skepticism | Evaluation | Misery | Diversity | Argument | Irreversibility | Social Expectations | Mystery | More
More Orson Scott Card Quotes
“But I'm three times your age or more and my brain is worn out and full up. I don't have much room to tuck new things square inside; they just cling to the outside for a while and drop off.” Orson Scott Card
Age, Learning, Memory, Wisdom, Cognitive Limitations, Life Experience
Orson Scott Card Age, Learning, Memory, Wisdom, Cognitive Limitations, Life Experience“We thought we were the only thinking beings in the universe, until we met you, but never did we dream that thought could arise from the lonely animals who cannot dream each other's dreams.” Orson Scott Card
Intelligence, Aliens, Consciousness, Loneliness, Dreams, Interspecies Communication
Orson Scott Card Intelligence, Aliens, Consciousness, Loneliness, Dreams, Interspecies Communication“One is never too old to be a student of the enemy.” Orson Scott Card
Learning, Enemy, Age, Wisdom, Strategy, Lifelong Education
Orson Scott Card Learning, Enemy, Age, Wisdom, Strategy, Lifelong Education“If you did not in your own mind distinguish between useful and erroneous information, then you were not learning at all, you were merely replacing ignorance with false belief, which was no improvement.” Orson Scott Card
Learning, Information, Ignorance, Belief, Critical Thinking, False Knowledge
Orson Scott Card Learning, Information, Ignorance, Belief, Critical Thinking, False Knowledge“Thus I began to realize that, as it is, Ender's Game disturbs some people because it challenges their assumptions about reality. In fact, the novel's very clarity may make it more challenging, simply because the story's vision of the world is so relentlessly plain. It was important to her, and to others, to believe that children don't actually think or speak the way the children in Ender's Game think and speak.” Orson Scott Card
Perception, Reality, Assumptions, Childhood, Literary Impact, Social Commentary
Orson Scott Card Perception, Reality, Assumptions, Childhood, Literary Impact, Social Commentary“Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.” Orson Scott Card
Lies, Truth, Reliability, Perception, Moral Ambiguity, Situational Ethics
Orson Scott Card Lies, Truth, Reliability, Perception, Moral Ambiguity, Situational Ethics“History's got no bows on it, only frayed ends of ribbons and knots that can't be untied.” Orson Scott Card
History, Complexity, Imperfection, Metaphor, Historical Perspective, Narrative Intricacy
Orson Scott Card History, Complexity, Imperfection, Metaphor, Historical Perspective, Narrative Intricacy“Sickness and healing are in every heart; death and deliverance in every hand.” Orson Scott Card
Duality, Human Nature, Mortality, Hope, Suffering, Redemption
Orson Scott Card Duality, Human Nature, Mortality, Hope, Suffering, Redemption“Come in, Bean. Come in Julian Delphiki, longed-for child of good and loving parents. Come in, kidnapped child, hostage of fate. Come and talk to the Fates, who are playing such clever little games with your life.” Orson Scott Card
Fate, Destiny, Childhood, Manipulation, Life Journey, Mythological Allusion
Orson Scott Card Fate, Destiny, Childhood, Manipulation, Life Journey, Mythological Allusion“Don't lie to me! Don't seem so normal when I know you have cut yourself off from me in your heart! If you can put on our affectionate closeness like a mask, then I'll never be able to take joy in it again.” Orson Scott Card
Honesty, Relationships, Deception, Joy, Emotional Authenticity, Trust Issues
Orson Scott Card Honesty, Relationships, Deception, Joy, Emotional Authenticity, Trust Issues“I don't hate you, I love you, you're part of myself, you're my heart and when you go it's my heart torn out and carried away –.” Orson Scott Card
Love, Hate, Attachment, Loss, Emotional Pain, Self Identity
Orson Scott Card Love, Hate, Attachment, Loss, Emotional Pain, Self Identity“Don't we all manipulate people? Even if we openly ask them to make a choice, don't we try to frame it so they'll choose as we think they should?” Orson Scott Card
Manipulation, Choice, Influence, Human Nature, Free Will, Social Dynamics
Orson Scott Card Manipulation, Choice, Influence, Human Nature, Free Will, Social Dynamics“No book, however good, can survive a hostile reading.” Orson Scott Card
Literature, Perception, Bias, Interpretation, Reader Response, Critical Engagement
Orson Scott Card Literature, Perception, Bias, Interpretation, Reader Response, Critical Engagement“Famous at high school is like being employee of the month at the sanitation department.” Orson Scott Card
Fame, Perspective, Humor, Youth, Relative Success, Social Commentary
Orson Scott Card Fame, Perspective, Humor, Youth, Relative Success, Social Commentary“Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any.” Orson Scott Card
Writing, Creativity, Observation, Inspiration, Storytelling, Perception
Orson Scott Card Writing, Creativity, Observation, Inspiration, Storytelling, Perception“There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy show you where you are weak. Only the enemy shows you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. – Mazer Rackham.” Orson Scott Card
Enemy, Learning, Strategy, Weakness, Strength, Warfare
Orson Scott Card Enemy, Learning, Strategy, Weakness, Strength, Warfare“Fatherhood to us was an act of passion, soon forgot; but not to Orem ap Avonap. Never guessing that the blond and happy farmer was no blood of his, Orem had taken a part of that simple man into himself and saved it for this time. At any time in the Palace he might run by, Youth on this shoulders or, as time went by, toddling along behind.” Orson Scott Card
Fatherhood, Adoption, Love, Legacy, Personal Growth, Emotional Connection
Orson Scott Card Fatherhood, Adoption, Love, Legacy, Personal Growth, Emotional Connection“Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.” Orson Scott Card
Words, Silence, Wisdom, Self-control, Introspection, Personal Value
Orson Scott Card Words, Silence, Wisdom, Self-control, Introspection, Personal Value