Interviews with OSC • PreAP- Mr. Card Responds -- Sterbenz's Student Blog 7 April 2011 • Buggers and Pathfinders–Orson Scott Card -- Interview with David Steffen 25 January 2010 • OSC Interview at National Review Online 2008 • Q&A with Orson Scott Card -- The full interview text June 2006 • E3 2005 Orson Scott Card Interview 2005 • OSC Interview by John C. Snider. April 2005 • Ender's Game Q&A 2004 • Ender's Game questions from a student in Singapore 2004 • Interview with Sonja 2004 • MBA Class Interview - Dartmouth College 2004 • Orson Scott Card interview in French 2003 • OSC interview about Advent Rising. Interview at gamepro.com September 19, 2003 • OSC interview with a French magazine August 2003 • OSC answers questions about achieving a successful film based on a book 2003 • If you speak Polish, here's an interview with OSC published by the magazine Esensja 2002 • Interview by Kristin Galetta and Justin Goldner October 2002 • Interview from Poland January 17, 2002 • Questions from Playwriting Student Darren Pine April 2001 • Various Student Interviews With OSC  1  |  2  |  3 • Publishers Weekly Talks with Orson Scott Card November 2000 • A Conversation With Orson Scott Card - by Claire E. White September 1999 • CARD'S GAME: An Interview With Orson Scott Card - by Scott Nicholson 1998 • An Interview With Orson Scott Card - by Jeff Duke 1997 • AOL Interview January 19, 1994

OSC Answers
I don't use my characters to symbolize anything. Ender was a kid with extraordinary abilities who was pressed into doing very difficult things by adults who thought they were doing what was necessary to save the human race from an implacable enemy.

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Do you believe the adults at the Battle School were correct in their method of training Ender? If not, how should it be changed?

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This question is completely answered in the story, as far as it can be answered. Were they "correct"? How can anyone possibly know? They believed the Buggers were going to destroy the human race; they trained the children to fight the war; the children fought and won, completely and irrevocably. Maybe they would also have won if they did it another way, but how could anyone ever know?

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Why did you write Ender's Game?

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Because I thought it was a good story that other people might want to read.

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Is there a message that you want told through this book?

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My message is the same in all my books: Here is a story that felt important and true to me. I hope I have written it clearly enough that it might also feel important and true to you.

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Do you believe that children should be trained to protect the future?

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I believe that children should be educated (a) so that they know what is expected of a member of adult society and (b) so they are able to adapt to change and have the courage and independence to introduce changes when they believe something is wrong with the society around them.