Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
Sayings by Ray Bradbury
I think the greatest adventure is life itself. It's a journey full of surprises, twists, and turns.
I'm not a fan of organized sports. I think it's too competitive. I think it takes away from the joy of playing.
I think the most important thing in a relationship is trust. Without trust, you have nothing.
I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work. I believe in perseverance. I believe in never giving up.
I think the greatest gift you can give yourself is time. Time to think. Time to dream. Time to create.
I'm not a fan of modern art. I think it's too abstract. I think it's lost its connection to humanity.
I think the most important thing in life is to have a sense of humor. To be able to laugh at yourself. To not take yourself too seriously.
I don't believe in destiny. I believe in choice. I believe that we create our own future.
I think the greatest joy in life is to create something new. To bring something into existence that didn't exist before.
I'm not a fan of reality television. I think it's a waste of time. I think it's a distraction from real life.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization. It's the history of all the things that are going to happen to us.
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 just must do things.
I've been running a race all my life. It's called 'I'm not going to die until I've written every damn thing I can think of.'
Stuff your eyes with wonder, 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.
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
I'm not a serious person. I'm a seriously happy person.
I was born in 1920, and I haven't grown up yet. I'm still a 12-year-old boy. I'm still in love with the world. I'm still curious. I'm still excited by everything. And I'm still writing.
If you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever created.
I don't try to predict the future. I try to prevent it.