“If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.”
Dreams
“We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.”
ImaginationAll Quotes by Ray Bradbury
“I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking.”
Politics“When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money.”
Money“There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people.”
Government“A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.”
Great“The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible.”
Best“The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.”
Great“Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love.”
Love“If you're living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important.”
Time“You don't have to turn on the TV set. You don't have to work on the Internet. It's up to you.”
Work“Everything is generated through your own will power.”
Power“It's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid.”
Good“We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.”
Imagination“Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.”
Love“If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don't know how to read, you don't know how to decide. That's the great thing about our country - we're a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way.”
Education“Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you don't write stories you love, you'll never make it. If you don't write stories that other people love, you'll never make it.”
Love“I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories.”
Education“If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.”
Business“My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God, I believe in the universe. I believe you are god, I believe I am god I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We're all god.”
God“My business is to prevent the future.”
Business