Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
Any carefully planned thing destroys the creativity. You can't think your way through a story; you have to live it. So, you don't build a story; you allow it to explode.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.
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The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
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I am not thinking that because people say I am great that I really am great. I am just doing a job, just like everybody else. The only difference is that a lot more people see what I do.
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An enlarged global public society, with its many dissenting and corrective voices, can quickly call the bluff of lavishly credentialled and smug intellectual elites.
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I think people inspire me the most. If I meet a person who is incredibly complex, and all of a sudden, I start thinking in rhymes, that person could be a muse.
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For guys who are into fitness, I think it's important to wear slim-fit stuff that is pretty tight so they can show off the bodies they have been working hard to have. Women are going to appreciate that.
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I hate the word sexy.
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I think that that integrity is something that is important to voters.
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I made a few records here and there by default, but I wasn't ever comfortable in that role. I wasn't comfortable on stage. We'll see how it goes this time.
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I just don't like to do a lot of the normal things expected of other artists. I'm not trying to be difficult; I'm just trying to stick with what it is I want to do.
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The musical is the one area of the theater that can give you the biggest buzz of all.
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I was a big 'Blue Valentine' fan. I really loved that movie. And I thought the performances were just unbelievably real, which is certainly what I always strive for in my work.
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How I love David Bowie.
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We have to learn. We have to listen to where people are. We have to listen to where the Spirit is working in the lives of people.
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There's no reason to regret anything. Regret is a waste.
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Even the bravest only rarely have courage for what they really know.
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I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues.
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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I'm only going to be the way I'd want someone to react to me.
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Any carefully planned thing destroys the creativity. You can't think your way through a story; you have to live it. So, you don't build a story; you allow it to explode.
