Ursula K. Le Guin

What is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?

I am not interested in being a guru. I'm just a writer.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

I don't have any answers. I just have questions.

I am a very simple person. I like to eat, sleep, and write.

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

I don't believe in magic. I believe in reality.

The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.

I'm not a very good housekeeper. My house is always a mess.

I've always been a bit of a rebel.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

I'm not afraid of death. I'm afraid of not living.

I think it's important to be a little bit crazy.

I don't believe in heroes. I believe in people.

The only way to make a difference is to be different.

I'm not a very good politician. I'm too honest.

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings.

The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.