Ray Bradbury was a hero of mine. His attitude toward life and his art centered my misgivings and neuroses more times than I can remember. When he died in 2012 the world was a little darker and it hasn't recaptured that light.
Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.
If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you, and you'll never learn.
Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.
Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spend the rest of the day putting the pieces together.
