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
confidence courage travel
You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.
running dream morning
I wake up in the morning and I lie in bed, and it's the time I call "the theater of morning." All these thoughts run around in my head, between my ears when I'm waking up. It's not a dream state, but it's not completely awake either. So all these metaphors run around and then I pick one and I get out of bed and I do it. I'm very lucky.
running book people
There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.
space individuality dinosaurs
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.
cat writing my-favorite
I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing.
play self secret
I don't decide. My secret self decides. I just go with my subconscious. If it wants to do a poem, I do a poem, and if it wants to do a play, I do a play. So I'm not in charge, I'm not in control.
good-morning good-day reality
Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.
flower garden thinking
Have you ever watched the jet cars race on the boulevard?...I sometimes think drivers don’t know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly...If you showed a driver a green blur, Oh yes! He'd say, that’s grass! A pink blur! That’s a rose garden! White blurs are houses. Brown blurs are cows.
stupid land mars
It's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid.
writing years writing-every-day
I've been writing every day of my life for 65 years.
dream growing-up writing
If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.
love writing ideas
Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love.
machines internet cellphone
We have too many cellphones. We've got too many internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now.
twelve hours shots
The novel's not organized like a screenplay. If you shot the novel, you'd have a twelve-hour movie.