With a book tucked in one hand, and a computer shoved under my elbow, I will march, not sidle, shudder or quake, into the twenty-first century.
Ray BradburyRemember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.
Ray BradburyMy passions drive me to the typewriter every day of my life, and they have driven me there since I was twelve. So I never have to worry about schedules. Some new thing is always exploding in me, and it schedules me, I donโt schedule it. It says: Get to the typewriter right now and finish this.
Ray BradburyWhy live? Life was its own answer. Life was the propagation of more life and the living of as good a life as possible.
Ray BradburyThe psychiatrist wants to know why I go out and hike around in the forests and watch the birds and collect butterflies. I'll show you my collection some day.Good.They want to know what I do with my time. I tell them that sometimes I just sit and think. But I won't tell them what. I've got them running. And sometimes, I tell them, I like to put my head back, like this, and let the rain fall in my mouth. It tastes just like wine. Have you ever tried it?
Ray Bradbury