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."

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“If God treats you well by teaching you a disastrous lesson, you never forget it.”

— Ray Bradbury

God

All Quotes by Ray Bradbury

“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

“Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again. As soon as you have an idea that changes some small part of the world you are writing science fiction. It is always the art of the possible, never the impossible.”

— Ray Bradbury

Art

“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.”

— Ray Bradbury

Education

“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.”

— Ray Bradbury

Imagination

“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 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 best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible.”

— Ray Bradbury

Best

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

— Ray Bradbury

Time

“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

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

— Ray Bradbury

Future

“Everything is generated through your own will power.”

— Ray Bradbury

Power

“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

“I'm not in control of my muse. My muse does all the work.”

— Ray Bradbury

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

“My business is to prevent the future.”

— Ray Bradbury

Business

“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

“If God treats you well by teaching you a disastrous lesson, you never forget it.”

— Ray Bradbury

God

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

— Ray Bradbury

Money

“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