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 BRADBURYIf someone tells you to do something for money, tell them to go to hell.
More Ray Bradbury Quotes
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Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.
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All education is self-discovery.
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The local TV news is the greatest danger in your life. It’s all crap.
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Television is very dangerous. Because it repeats and repeats and repeats our disasters, instead of our triumphs.
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It’s not going to do any good to land on Mars if we’re stupid.
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Sometimes I think I understand everything. Then I regain consciousness.
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You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.
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Write a thousand words a day and in three years you’ll be a writer!
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Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.
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Love is the answer to everything. It’s the only reason to do anything.
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How working for the wrong motives poisons our creativity and warps our ideas of success and failure.
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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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Get rid of those friends of yours who make fun of you and don’t believe in you. And when you leave here tonight, go home, make a phone call and fire them. Anyone that doesn’t believe in you and your future, to hell with them.
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I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.
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I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.
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