Writer Quotes by Ray Bradbury

Write. Don't think. Relax.

— Ray Bradbury

You fail only if you stop writing.

— Ray Bradbury

Good writers touch life often.

— Ray Bradbury

Electronic books are junk.

— Ray Bradbury

“You can't ever have my books.”

— Ray Bradbury

“e-books "smell like burned fuel”

— Ray Bradbury

Love is easy, and I love writing.

— Ray Bradbury

All of my writing is God-given.

— Ray Bradbury

Reality and Fiction are different in that fiction has to make sense.

— Ray Bradbury

“Authors, full of evil thoughts, lock up your typewriters.”

— Ray Bradbury

A library is all the university you will ever need.

— Ray Bradbury

I discovered me in the library. I went to find me in the library.

— Ray Bradbury

Sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads.

— Ray Bradbury

There is more than one way to burn a book.

— Ray Bradbury

What's the point of having a library full of books you've already read?

— Ray Bradbury

“Second, writing is survival. Any art, any good work, of course, is that.”

— Ray Bradbury

When I finished [writing it], I was crying. I knew at long last, after ten years of trying, I had written something…

— Ray Bradbury

The real fear isn't rejection, but that there won't be enough time in your life to write all the stories that you…

— Ray Bradbury

A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient…

— Ray Bradbury

“Live in the library, for Christ’s sake! Don’t live on your goddamn computers and the internet and all that crap. Go to…

— Ray Bradbury

I can write faster on a typewriter than you can on a computer. I do 120 words a minute, and you can't…

— Ray Bradbury

“Teachers say if you write a story you must never name what you’re trying to write. Just do it. When it’s over…

— Ray Bradbury

Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it.

— Ray Bradbury

“The things you're looking for...are in the world, but the only way the average chap will see ninety-nine percent of them is…

— Ray Bradbury

“The other six or seven drafts are going to be pure torture. So why not enjoy the first draft, in the hope…

— Ray Bradbury

I love writing, it's the center of my life. If you don't love what you do, you'd better find something else to…

— Ray Bradbury

“What can we writers learn from lizards, lift from birds? In quickness is truth. The faster you blurt, the more swiftly you…

— Ray Bradbury

You can't learn to write that way - by writing directly for the screen. Wait until you're 30. But in the meantime…

— Ray Bradbury

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

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should…

— Ray Bradbury

I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I graduated from…

— Ray Bradbury

“Where's your common sense? None of those books agree with each other. You've been locked up here for years with a regular…

— Ray Bradbury

“This is incredible. This is quite amazing because who you're honoring tonight is not only myself but the ghost of a lot…

— Ray Bradbury

“Once, books appealed to a few people, here, there, everywhere. They could afford to be different. The world was roomy. But then…

— Ray Bradbury

I am a dedicated madman, and that becomes its own training. If you can't resist, if the typewriter is like candy to…

— Ray Bradbury

I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is…

— Ray Bradbury

I still love books. Nothing a computer can do can compare to a book. You can't really put a book on the…

— Ray Bradbury

“I’ve tried to teach my writing friends that there are two arts: number one, getting a thing done; and then, the second…

— Ray Bradbury

“No, no, it's not the books you are looking for! Take it where you can find it, in old phonograph records, in…

— Ray Bradbury

I've never worked a day in my life. The joy of writing has propelled me from day to day and year to…

— Ray Bradbury