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> [You can’t learn to write in college. It’s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-can-t-learn-to-write-in-college-it-s-a-very-bad-place-for-writers-2/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [And some day well remember so much that well build the biggest goddam steamshovel in history and dig the biggest grave of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/and-some-day-well-remember-so-much-that-well-build-the-biggest-goddam/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [I am a child of the poisonous wind that copulated with the East River on an oil-slick, garbage infested midnight. I turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-am-a-child-of-the-poisonous-wind-that-copulated-with-the-east-river/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/see-the-world-it-s-more-fantastic-than-any-dream/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [... someday we'll remember so much we'll build the biggest goddamn steamshovel in history and dig the biggest grave of all time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/someday-we-ll-remember-so-much-we-ll-build-the-biggest-goddamn/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [A single face turned upward toward all Time One flesh, one ecstasy, one peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/a-single-face-turned-upward-toward-all-time-one-flesh-one-ecstasy-one/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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## Other authors on All time

## More by Ray Bradbury

> [That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/that-s-the-great-secret-of-creativity-you-treat-ideas-like-cats-you/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-feed-yourself-make-sure-you-have-all-the-information-whether-it-s/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

> [Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/do-you-ever-read-any-of-the-books-you-burn-he-laughed-that-s-against/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

> [There's no reason to burn books if you don't read them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-s-no-reason-to-burn-books-if-you-don-t-read-them/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

> [We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life. We see the stars, and we want them. We are beholden to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-were-put-here-as-witnesses-to-the-miracle-of-life-we-see-the-stars/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

> [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.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/remember-with-writing-what-you-re-looking-for-is-just-one-person-to/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

> [As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning, transportation, politics,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/as-a-result-of-reading-science-fiction-when-i-was-eight-i-grew-up/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-can-t-learn-to-write-in-college-it-s-a-very-bad-place-for-writers/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-re-going-to-become-the-martians-when-we-land-there-when-we-explore/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

> [I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. ... I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-wish-you-a-wrestling-match-with-your-creative-muse-that-will-last-a/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

> [The library is the biggest cracker box factory in the world. The more you eat, the more you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/the-library-is-the-biggest-cracker-box-factory-in-the-world-the-more/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

> [We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-travel-for-romance-we-travel-for-architecture-and-we-travel-to-be/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-spent-three-days-a-week-for-10-years-educating-myself-in-the-public/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

> [If we try to deny the darkness in our souls then we'll become completely dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/if-we-try-to-deny-the-darkness-in-our-souls-then-we-ll-become/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

> [But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/but-remember-that-the-captain-belongs-to-the-most-dangerous-enemy-to/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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