There was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves.
RAY BRADBURYWe are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.
More Ray Bradbury Quotes
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You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
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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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Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it.
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You can make yourself happy or miserable – it’s the same amount of effort.
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Creativity is a continual surprise.
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I’ve learned that by doing things, things get done.
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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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It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones.
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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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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 do a first draft as passionately and as quickly as I can. I believe a story is valid only when it’s immediate and passionate, when it dances out of your subconscious. If you interfere in any way, you destroy it.
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If we try to deny the darkness in our souls then we’ll become completely dark.
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There’s no use going to school unless your final destination is the library.
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Some 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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