Ray Bradbury
“Oh, we have always longed for education, and pillow talk’s the best.”
“Plot is observed after the fact rather than before.”
“Life is like underwear, should be changed twice a day.”
“We never sit anything out.”
“Disbelief is catching. It rubs off on people.”
“Science-fiction balances you on the cliff. Fantasy shoves you off.”
“At the center of religion is love … Everything in our life should be based on love.”
“While our art cannot save us from wars or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.”
“Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers.”
“Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.”
“Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here.”
“The gift of life is so precious that we should feel an obligation to pay back the universe for the gift of being alive.”
“We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life.”
“My stories run up and bite me in the leg — I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite.”
“Oh God, without them [libraries], what have we? We have no past and we have no future.”
“Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.”
“Remember: Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.”
“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.”
“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.”
“People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it.”