The purpose of fiction is not to nail you to the ground as facts do, but to take you to the edge… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Those who live in the best cliffs think they are better than us. That is always man's attitude when he has power. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I don't think about what I do. I do it. That's Buddhism. I jump off the cliff and build my wings on… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Really knowing is good. Not knowing, or refusing to know, is bad, or amoral, at least. You can't act if you don't… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
We do need knowledge. And perhaps in a thousand years we might pick smaller cliffs to jump off. The books are to… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I've never been in charge of my stories, they've always been in charge of me. As each new one has called to… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
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,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I'll tell you," said Beatty, smiling at his cards. "That made you for a little while a drunkard. Read a few lines… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Where would you like to go, what would you really like to do with your life? See Istanbul, Port Said, Nairobi, Budapest.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
But we do need a breather. We do need knowledge. And perhaps in a thousand years we might pick smaller cliffs to… — 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
