“Books bombarded his shoulders, his arms, his upturned face. A book lit, almost obediently, like a white pigeon, in his hands, wings… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I've only written one science-fiction book: 'Fahrenheit 451.' That book is a book based on real facts and my hatred of people… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Then, in the twentieth century, speed up your camera. Books cut shorter. Condensations, Digests, Tabloids. Everything boils down to the gag, the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“I do not use my intellect to write my stories and books; I have a gut reaction to the things that my… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
These are all novels, all about people that never existed, the people that read them it makes them unhappy with their own… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
We have everything we need to be happy but we aren't happy. Something is missing... It is not books you need, it's… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Most of us can’t rush around, talk to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven’t time, money or that… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“We are all bits and pieces of history and literature and international law, Byron, Tom Paine, Machiavelli or Christ, it's here. And… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“More sports for everyone, group spirit, fun and you don't have to think, eh? Organize and organize and superorganize super-super sports. More… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
To sum it all up, if you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
A computer does not smell ... if a book is new, it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Somewhere the saving and putting away had to begin again and someone had to do the saving and keeping, one way or… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
People who take books on sex to bed become frigid. You get self-conscious. You can't think a story. You can't think, "I… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Why all this insistence on the senses? Because in order to convince your reader that he is THERE, you must assault each… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Orwell was dealing with communism and his disillusionment with communism in Russia and what he saw the communists do in Spain. His… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“I’m completely library educated. I’ve never been to college. I went down to the library when I was in grade school in… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“They began by controlling books of cartoons and then detective books and, of course, films, one way or another, one group or… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“He was looking for a brightness, a resolve, a triumph over tomorrow that hardly seemed to be there. Perhaps he had expected… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean?… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“It is not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books...take it where you can find it,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
You've got to love libraries. You've got to love books. You've got to love poetry. You've got to love everything about literature.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“More sports for everyone, group spirit, fun, and you don't have to think, eh? Organize and organize and superorganize super-super sports. More… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
[His] library was a fine dark place bricked with books, so anything could happen there and always did. All you had to… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I don't write science fiction. I've only done one science fiction book and that's Fahrenheit 451, based on reality. Science fiction is… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it. Ignore the authors… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I write all of my novels and stories, as you have seen, in a great surge of delightful passion. Only recently, glancing… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Garrett," said Stendahl, "do you know why I've done this to you? Because you burned Mr. Poe's books without really reading them.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“There are two perfumes to a book. If a book is new, it smells great. If a book is old, it smells… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“You weren't there, you didn't see,' he said. 'There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“What traitors books can be! you think they're backing you up, and they turn on you. Others can use them, too, and… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So now do you see why books are hated and feared? The show the pores in the face of life. The comfortable… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life. The comfortable… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“We do need knowledge. . . Most of us can't rush around, talk to everyone, know all the cities of the world,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Now let’s take up the minorities in our civilization, shall we? Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don’t step on the toes… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Read poetry every day of your life. Poetry is good because it flexes muscles you don’t use often enough. Poetry expands the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Every hour so many damn things in the sky! How in hell did those bombers get up there every single second of… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life. The comfortable… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share
You feed yourself. Make sure you have all the information, whether it's aesthetic, scientific, mathematical, I don't care what it is. Then you walk… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share
Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share
We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life. We see the stars, and we want them. We are beholden to give… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share
Remember, with writing, what you’re looking for is just one person to come up and tell you, 'I love you for what you do.' — Ray Bradbury Copy Share
As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning, transportation, politics,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share
“You can’t learn to write in college. It’s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share
We're going to become the martians when we land there. When we explore and build communities, we become the martians. That's a wonderful destiny… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share
I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. ... I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share
The library is the biggest cracker box factory in the world. The more you eat, the more you want. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share
We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share
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… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share
If we try to deny the darkness in our souls then we'll become completely dark. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share
But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority — Ray Bradbury Copy Share