My 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 BradburyIn my later years I have looked in the mirror each day and found a happy person staring back. Occasionally I wonder why I can be so happy. The answer is that every day of my life I've worked only for myself and for the joy that comes from writing and creating. The image in my mirror is not optimistic, but the result of optimal behavior.
Ray BradburyReally knowing is good. Not knowing, or refusing to know, is bad, or amoral, at least. You can't act if you don't know. Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.
Ray BradburyTo feed your Muse, then, you should always have been hungry about life since you were a child. If not, it is a little late to start.
Ray BradburyRemember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.
Ray Bradbury