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
“At the exact moment when truth erupts, the subconscious changes from wastebasket file to angel writing in a book of gold.” — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I do a first draft as passionately and as quickly as I can. I believe a story is valid only when it's… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
All of the good, weird stories I’ve written are based on things I’ve dredged out of my subconscious. That’s the real stuff.… — 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
I never consciously place symbolism in my writing. That would be a self-conscious exercise and self-consciousness is defeating to any creative act.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
What is The Subconscious to every other man, in its creative aspect becomes, for writers, The Muse. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I don't decide. My secret self decides. I just go with my subconscious. If it wants to do a poem, I do… — 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
