Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradburywas an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 August 1920
CityLos Angeles, IL
CountryUnited States of America
writing years two
You can write a short story in two hours. Two hours a day, you have a novel in a year
fun writing benefits
I don’t write things to benefit the world. If it happens that they do, swell. I didn’t set out to do that. I set out to have a hell of a lot of fun.
night three stories
Do three things each night before you go to bed: read a poem, read a short story, read an essay.
book way censorship
There is more than one way to burn a book.
trying
I'm not trying to PREDICT the future. I'm just trying to PREVENT it.
real thinking mind
The television is 'real'. It is immediate, it has dimension. It tells you what to think and blasts it in. It must be right. It seems so right. It rushes you on so quickly to its own conclusions your mind hasn't time to protest, 'What nonsense!'.
creativity imagination creative
Life is about trying things to see if they work.
mean writing fighting
Not to write, for many of us, is to die. We must take ares each and every day, perhaps knowing that the battle cannot be entirely won, but fight we must, if only a gentle bout. The smallest effort to win means, at the end of each day, a sort of victory.
life travel adventure
Stuff your eyes with wonder.
life dream rest-in-peace
See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream.
worry way reputation
The one sure way I can dishonor myself is by worrying about my reputation.
religious believe miracle
I believe the universe created us we are an audience for miracles. In that sense, I guess, I'm religious.
attitude thinking men
Those who live in the best cliffs think they are better than us. That is always man's attitude when he has power.
order creative be-creative
In order to be creative, you don't have to be original.