1,603 Quotes by Ray Bradbury

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

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    Don’t ever be a Rocket Man.” I stopped. “I mean it,” he said. “Because when you’re out there you want to be here, and when you’re here you want to be out there. Don’t start that.

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    Love is the answer to everything. It’s the only reason to do anything. If you don’t write stories you love, you’ll never make it. If you don’t write stories that other people love, you’ll never make it.

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    Men 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.

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    If someone sends you a love letter you’ve got to answer back.

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    Libraries are the center of our lives. There’s no use going to a university if you don’t live at the library.

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    I don’t write science fiction. I’ve only done one science fiction book and that’s Fahrenheit 451, based on reality. Science fiction is a depiction of the real. Fantasy is a depiction of the unreal.

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    I’m not anyone, I’m just myself; whatever I am, I am something, and now I’m something you can’t help.

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