You canโt learn to write in college. Itโs a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you doโand they donโt. They have prejudices. They may like Henry James, but what if you donโt want to write like Henry James? They may like John Irving, for instance, whoโs the bore of all time. A lot of the people whose work theyโve taught in the schools for the last thirty years, I canโt understand why people read them and why they are taught.
Ray BradburyAnd the lesson was this; sit in the sun, head down, within a prickly vine, in a flickery light, or open light, and the world will come to you. The sky will come in its time, bringing rain, and the earth will rise through you, from beneath, and make you rich and make you full.
Ray BradburyMen are nuts. Young men are crazy. We all love toys. I'm toy oriented. I write about toys. I've got a lot of toys. Hundreds of things. But computers are toys, and men like to mess around with smart dumb things. They feel creative.
Ray BradburyEvery time you take a step, even when you don't want to. . . . When it hurts, when it means you rub chins with death, or even if it means dying, that's good. Anything that moves ahead, wins. No chess game was ever won by the player who sat for a lifetime thinking over his next move.
Ray Bradbury