All the stories are fictions. What matters is which fiction you believe.

Nonsense," said Graff. "Ender always has plans within plans.

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

His vices were the vices of his time and culture, but his virtues transcended the milieu of his life.

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

When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence. Let it be the most obvious fabrication and you will still believe whatever truth is in it, because you can not deny truth no matter how shabbily it is dressed.

With life. Rooter says that life is how God gives purpose to the universe.