“This afternoon, burn down the house. Tomorrow, pour critical water upon the simmering coals. Time enough to think and cut and rewrite… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
They walked still farther and the girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
They are so confident that they will run on forever. But they won't run on. They don't know that this is all… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Memory is an illusion, nothing more. It is a fire that needs constant tending. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
What is it about fire that's so lovely? No matter what age we are, what draws us to it?...The thing man wanted… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“And what lights the sun? Its own fire. And the sun goes on, day after day, burning and burning. The sun and… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
When rivers flooded, when fire fell from the sky, what a fine place the library was, the many rooms, the books. With… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Get rid of those friends of yours who make fun of you and don't believe in you. And when you leave here… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“What is fire? It’s a mystery. Scientists give us gobbledegook about friction and molecules. But they don’t really know. Its real beauty… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“And then he was a shrieking blaze, a jumping, sprawling gibbering manikin, no longer human or known, all writhing flame on the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Why love the woman who is your wife? Her nose breathes in the air of a world that I know; therefore I… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“He hung up his black beetle-colored helmet and shined it; he hung his flameproof jacket neatly; he showed luxuriously, and then, whistling,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
We should go to the moon and prepare a base to fire a rocket off to Mars and then go to Mars… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Ten minutes after death a man's a speck of black dust. Let's not quibble over individuals with memoriams. Forget them. Burn them… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
You'll be found, your nickels, dimes and Indian-heads fused by electroplating. Abe Lincolns melted into Miss Columbias, eagles plucked raw on the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“The fire crackled up the stairs. It fed upon Picassos and Matisses in the upper halls, like delicacies, baking off the oily… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“If you need to find out the kindling point of paper (451° F), don’t call an academic, call the fire department.” — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Forget them. Burn all, burn everything. Fire is bright and fire is clean. — 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 Image
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 Image
Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The library is the biggest cracker box factory in the world. The more you eat, the more you want. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
