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First Quotes by Ray Bradbury
- The first stories I wrote when I was 12 were about Mars and landing on Mars.
- So there you have it, a lifetime of first smelling the books, they all smell wonderful, reading the books, loving the books, and remembering the…
- The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might as…
- Get the big truth first. If you get the big truth, the small truths will accumulate around it.
- This afternoon, burn down the house. Tomorrow, pour critical water upon the simmering coals. Time enough to think and cut and rewrite tomorrow. But today-explode-f…
- I believe in having fun first, and along the way, if you teach people, if you influence people, well and good.
- First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys.
- I’m ALIVE. Thinking about it, noticing it, is new. You do things and don’t watch. Then all of a sudden you look and see what…
- And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is gift and a…
- He had never liked October. Ever since he had first lay in the autumn leaves before his grandmother's house many years ago and heard the…
- Only if the third necessary thing could be given us. Number one, as I said: quality of information. Number two: leisure to digest it. And…
- Last night I thought about all the kerosene I've used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for the first time…
- I do a first draft as passionately and as quickly as I can. I believe a story is valid only when it's immediate and passionate,…
- And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and…
- The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool.
- ...if you are writing without zest, without gusto, without love, without fun, you are only half a writer. It means you are so busy keeping…
- First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him.
- First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down.
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