I want your loves to be multiple. I don't want you to be a snob about anything. Anything you love, you do it.
Ray BradburyWrite a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.
Ray BradburyI got a statistic for you right now. Grab your pencil, Doug. There are five billion trees in the world. I looked it up. Under every tree is a shadow, right? So, then, what makes night? I'll tell you: shadows crawling out from under five billion trees! Think of it! Shadows running around in the air, muddying the waters you might say. If only we could figure a way to keep those darn five billion shadows under those trees, we could stay up half the night, Doug, because there'd be no night!
Ray BradburyWhat should I do?" "Throw up in your typewriter every morning." "Yeah." "Clean up every noon.
Ray BradburyBut we do need a breather. We do need knowledge. And perhaps in a thousand years we might pick smaller cliffs to jump off. The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are. Theyโre Caesarโs praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, โRemember, Caesar, thou art mortal.โ Most of us canโt rush around, talk to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we havenโt time, money or that many friends. The things youโre looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book.
Ray Bradbury