1,603 Quotes by Ray Bradbury

Zest. Gusto. How rarely one hears these words used. How rarely do we see people living, or for that matter, creating, by them. Yet if I were asked to name the most important items in a writer's make-up, the things that shape his material and rush him along the road he wants to go. I would only warn him to look to his zest, see to his gusto.

If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

Most of us can't rush around, talk to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends. The things you're looking for... are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book.

The women in my life have all been librarians, English teachers, or booksellers. If they couldn't speak pidgin Tolstoy, articulate Henry James, or give me directions to Usher and Ox, it was no go. I have always longed for education, and pillow talk's the best.

I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.

A book is a loaded gun in the house next door...Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?

When you write - explode - fly apart - disintegrate! Then give time enough to think, cut, rework, and rewrite.

The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.

A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.