I don't like the kind of writer who's out to change the world and beat up on people for their own good. Stalin did that and Hitler did that, and to hell with them.
Ray BradburyWhen I graduated from high school I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library 3 days a week for 10 years.
Ray BradburyA book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.
Ray BradburyBut most of all, I like to watch people. Sometimes I ride the subway all day and look at them and listen to them. I just want to figure out who they are and what they want and where they are going. Sometimes I even go to Fun parks and ride in the jet cars when they race on the edge of town at midnight and the police don't care as long as they're insured. As long as everyone has ten thousand insurance everyone's happy. Sometimes I sneak around and listen in subways. Or I listen at soda fountains, and do you know what? People don't talk about anything.
Ray Bradbury