Ray Bradbury Quotes

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

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

Touch a scientist and you touch a child.

The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love.

I discovered me in the library. I went to find me in the library.

I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor.

Video games are a waste of time for men with nothing else to do. Real brains don’t do that.

If you’re living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important.

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.

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

My favorite writers have been those who’ve said things well.

I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money.

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it’s better than college. People should educate themselves – you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I’d written a thousand stories.

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

All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers.

Electronic books are junk.

I’ve only written one science-fiction book: ‘Fahrenheit 451.’ That book is a book based on real facts and my hatred of people who destroy books.