4 Orson Scott Card Quotes on Effort

Orson Scott Card quotes on effort

2. : I had seen the princess and let her lie there unawakened, because the happily ever after was so damnably much work.

10. The danger that keeps me just a little frightened with every book I write, however, is that I'll overreach myself once too often and try to write a story that I'm just plain not talented or skilful enough to write. That's the dilemma every storyteller faces. It is painful to fail. But it is far sadder when a storyteller stops wanting to try.

298. Trying to shock nuns is not much sport. There is no trophy.

379. It's not as if she chose to do mental gymnastics beyond the reach of anyone she had ever met in person.