“I'm not in control of my muse. My muse does all the work.”
Work
“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
“A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.”
Great“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“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“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“If you're living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important.”
Time“I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.”
Great“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“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 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“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”
Future“Everything is generated through your own will power.”
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.”
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.”
Good“Touch a scientist and you touch a child.”
Science“If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.”
Dreams“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.”
Art“We are anthill men upon an anthill world.”
Men“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“My business is to prevent the future.”
Business