83 Ray Bradbury Quotes for You to Enjoy

Ray Bradbury

American Writer

Born: Aug 22, 1920

Died: Jun 5, 2012

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We have too many cellphones. We've got too many internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now. Ray Bradbury

Too Those Machines Got Get Rid Many Now

Why go to a machine when you could go to a human being? Ray Bradbury

You Human Being Machine Could Go Human Being Why

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 do - and they don't. They have prejudices. They may like Henry James, but what if you don't want to write like Henry James? They may like John Irving, for instance, who's the bore of all time. Ray Bradbury

Time You College Think Bad Bore John All-Time More Write Writers Instance Like Know Learn Because Always Very Than What If May Want James Place Prejudices Teachers Henry Henry James

If an idea isn't exciting, you shouldn't do it. Ray Bradbury

You Exciting Idea

Collecting facts is important. Knowledge is important. But if you don't have an imagination to use the knowledge, civilization is nowhere. Ray Bradbury

Knowledge You Important Imagination Collecting Civilization Facts Use Nowhere

The important thing is to be in love with something. Ray Bradbury

Love Important Something Important Thing Thing

I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing. Ray Bradbury

Writing Favorite Cat Am While Who Desk

I don't have a computer. A computer's a typewriter. I already have a typewriter. Ray Bradbury

Typewriter Computer

When you're older you want to learn from other people. Ray Bradbury

You People Older Other Learn Want

If God treats you well by teaching you a disastrous lesson, you never forget it. Ray Bradbury

God You Lesson Never Never Forget Disastrous Well Forget Teaching Treats

Scientists have to have a metaphor. All scientists start with imagination. Ray Bradbury

Imagination Metaphor Scientists Start

I have spent my life going from mania to mania. Somehow it has all paid off. Ray Bradbury

Life My Life Spent Somehow Off Going Mania Paid

Everything is my demon muse. I have a muse which whispers in my ear and says, 'Do this, do that,' but it's my demon who provokes me. Ray Bradbury

Me Everything Says Demon Which Who Ear Muse

My business is to prevent the future. Ray Bradbury

Future Business Prevent

Any experience that touches you, in any particular way, is good. It can be a horrible experience. Ray Bradbury

Good You Experience Way Horrible Particular Particular Way Any

We are anthill men upon an anthill world. Ray Bradbury

World Men

'Fahrenheit 451' postulates a lot of things I didn't want to have happen. Ray Bradbury

Lot Want Happen Things

We're all dreamers. Ray Bradbury

Dreamers

We've gotta reinvest in space travel. We should've never left the moon. Ray Bradbury

Travel Space Moon Never Gotta Left Space Travel Reinvest

I'm not in control of my muse. My muse does all the work. Ray Bradbury

Work Control Does Muse

We've gotta become the Martians. I'm a Martian - I tell you to become Martians. And we've gotta go to Mars and civilize Mars and build a whole civilization on Mars and then move out, 300 years from now into the universe. And when we do that, we have a chance of living forever. Ray Bradbury

You Build Become Living Universe Out Tell Mars Martian Civilization Gotta Go Years Forever Move Then Whole Now Chance

The first stories I wrote when I was 12 were about Mars and landing on Mars. Ray Bradbury

First Mars About Wrote Were Stories Landing

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