Oh no, real life is escape. The great terrors, the horrors--we hope--of your life come from reading fiction.

there were crimes and quarrels, alongside kindness and cooperation; there were people who loved each other and people who did not; it was a human world.

If anyone have intercourse with a pig or a dog, he shall die. If a man have intercourse with a horse or a mule, there is no punishment. But he shall not approach the king, and shall not become a priest... If a pig spring upon a man for intercourse, there is no punishment.

The difference between science fiction and fantasy … is simply this: science fiction has rivets and fantasy has trees.

I've got a pretty good idea what children are, and we're not children. Children can lose sometimes, and nobody cares.

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

I'm crazy," said Ender. "But I think I'm OK.