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.
RAY BRADBURYGet 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.
More Ray Bradbury Quotes
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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.
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You’ve got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.
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Write a short story every week. It’s not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.
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Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.
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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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If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.
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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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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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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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Ideas excite me, and as soon as I get excited, the adrenaline gets going and the next thing I know I’m borrowing energy from the ideas themselves.
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Creativity is a continual surprise.
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The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance – the idea that anything is possible.
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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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The local TV news is the greatest danger in your life. It’s all crap.
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