More than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly without fear, of anything. He wasn't afraid of looking uncool - he wasn't scared to openly love innocence, or to be optimistic, or to write sentimentally when he felt that way.

Read everything. If you haven't read everything, you'll never be able to write anything.

Everybody wanted to be the hero of their own story. Nobody wanted to be comic relief.

He who completes a quest does not merely find something. He becomes something.

It's an engrossing look at the way the flow of information shapes history-as well as a rare glimpse into the soul of the hardcore geek

Young minds - young brains - need stories and ideas like the ones in those [censored and banned] books in order to grow. They need ideas that you disagree with. They need ideas that I disagree with. Or they'll never be able to figure out what ideas they believe in.

A novel with a bad middle is a bad book. A bad ending is something I've just gotten in the habit of forgiving.