I forget where I heard this, so I can't attribute it to anyone. It's a paraphrase anyways.
"A good author tells a story about his characters. A bad author tells a story about himself."
One thing that I've seen in this whole mess about Card is that people love his books but hate him as a person. That's because he's a good author, who keeps his (unpopular) opinions out of his works (for the most part). I don't agree with his opinions, but that wont stop me from seeing his best work finally make it to the big screen.
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I forget where I heard this, so I can't attribute it to anyone. It's a paraphrase anyways. "A good author tells a story about his characters. A bad author tells a story about himself." One thing that I've seen in this whole mess about Card is that people love his books but hate him as a person. That's because he's a good author, who keeps his (unpopular) opinions out of his works (for the most part). I don't agree with his opinions, but that wont stop me from seeing his best work finally make it to the big screen.