If you did not write every day, the poisons would accumulate and you would begin to die, or act crazy or both-you must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
RAY BRADBURYSome people turn sad awfully young. No special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remember longer and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world. I know, for I’m one of them.
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We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?
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We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.
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Creativity is a continual surprise.
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I don’t need an alarm clock. My ideas wake me.
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We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.
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You can’t try to do things; you simply must do them.
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I don’t try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.
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You’ve got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.
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There’s no use going to school unless your final destination is the library.
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Sometimes I think I understand everything. Then I regain consciousness.
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Good to evil seems evil
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You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
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Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.
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Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it.
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If you learn only methods, you’ll be tied to your methods, but if you learn principles you can devise your own methods.
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