Ray Bradbury Quotes
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Hollywood was a good influence because I was madly in love with films, and the films had a direct influence on me.
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Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself. ...Science fiction is central to everything we've ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don't know what they're talking about.
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Do you ever wonder if--well, if there are people living on the third planet?' 'The third planet is incapable of supporting life,' stated the husband patiently. 'Our scientists have said there's far too much oxygen in their atmosphere.
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(...) And metaphors like cats behind your smile, Each one wound up to purr, each one a pride, Each one a fine gold beast you've hid inside (...)
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In that film Love Story, there's a line, "Love means never having to say you're sorry." That's the dumbest thing I ever heard. Love means saying you're sorry every day for some little thing or other.
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The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.
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The blizzard doesn't last forever; it just seems so.
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A conglomerate heap of trash, that's what I am. But it burns with a high flame.
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...I mean, you don't just love people, you must LOVE them with exclamation points.
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Don't talk about it; write.
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Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.
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An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience.
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They stood there, King of the Hill, Top of the Heap, Ruler of All They Surveyed, Unimpeachable Monarchs and Presidents, trying to understand what it meant to own a world and how big a world really was.
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Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here.
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There are a lot of wonderful women writers who would be good influences on writers. You've got to spread yourself out and educate yourself with all kinds of stories.
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We are the witnesses to the miracle. We are put here by creation, by God....We're here to be the audience to the magnificent. It is our job to celebrate.
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My goal is to entertain myself and others.
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I'm seventeen and I'm crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane.
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I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.
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The things that you do should be things that you love, and things that you love should be things that you do.
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I discovered very early on that if you wanted a thing, you went for it - and you got it. Most people never go anywhere, or want anything - so they never get anything.
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Beware the autumn people
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Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything.
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Do what you love, don't do anything else.