Quotes By Orson Scott Card

In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I would rather have lived than now.

But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore.

Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes I feel rather proud of having made various the loathsome people or groups angry, at other times I wonder why I put up with such grief.

Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.

Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.