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Ray Bradbury Quotes

Ray Bradbury quotes about writing

American Writer August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012

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Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it. Ignore the authors who say ‘Oh, my God, what word? Oh, Jesus Christ…’, you know. Now, to hell with that. It’s not work. If it’s work, stop and do something else. Ray Bradbury
I sometimes get up at night when I can't sleep and walk down into my library and open one of my books and read a paragraph and say, 'My God, did I write that? Ray Bradbury
I came on the old and best ways of writing through ignorance and experiment and was startled when truths leaped out of brushes like quail before gunshot. Ray Bradbury
Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again. As soon as you have an idea that changes some small part of the world you are writing science fiction. It is always the art of the possible, never the impossible. Ray Bradbury
Shut the door, they're coming through the window, shut the window, they're coming through the door," are the words to an old song. They fit my lifestyle with newly arriving butcher/censors every month. Only six weeks ago, I discovered that, over the years, some cubby-hole editors at Ballantine Books, fearful of contaminating the young, had, bit by bit, censored some 75 separate sections from the novel. Students, reading the novel which, after all, deals with censorship and book-burning in the... Ray Bradbury
Video games are a waste of time for men with nothing else to do. Real brains don't do that. On occasion? Sure. As relaxation? Great. But not full tim? And a lot of people are doing that. And while they're doing that, I'll go ahead and write another novel. Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury quote: "Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52..."
Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row. Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury quote: "Don’t try to write a novel. Write short stories and then..."
Don’t try to write a novel. Write short stories and then figure out how to connect them. Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury quote: "It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the..."
It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones. Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury quote: "If you're living in your time, you cannot help but to write..."
If you're living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important. Ray Bradbury
Self-consciousness is the enemy of all art, be it acting, writing, painting, or living itself, which is the greatest art of all. Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury quote: "A day without writing was a little death."
A day without writing was a little death. Ray Bradbury
My stories run up and bite me on the leg—I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish the idea lets go and runs off. Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury quote: "I do not use my intellect to write my stories and books; I..."
I do not use my intellect to write my stories and books; I have a gut reaction to the things that my subconscious gives me. Ray Bradbury
It is a lie to write in such way as to be rewarded by fame offered you by some snobbish quasi-literary groups in the intellectual gazettes. Ray Bradbury

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