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Ray Bradbury Quotes

"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.""Do what makes you happy and let others find their delight.""Write every day. Don't wait for an idea to start.""I'm a storyteller. That's all I've ever tried to be.""We are more than hardwired instinct and passion.""You don't have to burn books to destroy culture.""I don’t believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously.""Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn’t exist yet but soon will.""Madness is never that far away. It’s as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse.""Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces. Stand back from the centrifuge.""Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled.""You create your own universe as you go along.""There is only one type of story in the world-your story.""In quickness is truth. The faster you blurt, the more swiftly you write,""Don't talk about it; write.""Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to""Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up ""The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love.""Don't start out writing novels. They take too long. Start with bits and""To hell with more. I need more dreams and more writing."