Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

30 quotes

Ray Bradbury, an American writer, is widely remembered for insights that continue to resonate with readers everywhere. Whether reflecting on Love or Great, Ray Bradbury brought uncommon clarity to every subject. 46 of Ray Bradbury's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Love, Great, Work, Science, and Morning. One standout: "I'm not in control of my muse. My muse does all the work."

“You don't have to turn on the TV set. You don't have to work on the Internet. It's up to you.”

— Ray Bradbury

Work

All Quotes by Ray Bradbury

“I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.”

— Ray Bradbury

Great

“The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.”

— Ray Bradbury

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.”

— Ray Bradbury

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.”

— Ray Bradbury

Education

“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.”

— Ray Bradbury

Politics

“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.”

— Ray Bradbury

God

“Everything is generated through your own will power.”

— Ray Bradbury

Power

“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.”

— Ray Bradbury

Business

“I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.”

— Ray Bradbury

Good

“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.”

— Ray Bradbury

Love

“If you're living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important.”

— Ray Bradbury

Time

“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.”

— Ray Bradbury

Morning

“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.”

— Ray Bradbury

Love

“If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.”

— Ray Bradbury

Dreams

“It's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid.”

— Ray Bradbury

Good

“A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.”

— Ray Bradbury

Great

“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”

— Ray Bradbury

Future

“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.”

— Ray Bradbury

Government

“I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.”

— Ray Bradbury

Future

“When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money.”

— Ray Bradbury

Money