1,174 Quotes by Orson Scott Card

Bean sighed inwardly. It never failed. Whenever he had any conversation with Ender, it turned into an argument.

we have some good ideas here. But the only way to know if they’re workable is to try to make them fail. If we fail to fail, then maybe we’re on the right track.

Well, I'm your man. I'm the bloody bastard you wanted when you had me spawned. I'm your tool, and what difference does it make if I hate the part of me that you most need? What difference does it make that when the little serpents killed me in the game, I agreed with them, and was glad.

If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side. 

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

The only teacher that's worth anything to you is your enemy.

So I don't even get a chance to learn before I'm being judged.

Stories are invented as you go along...

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.