Hollywood was a good
Hollywood was a good influence because I was madly in love with films, and the films had a direct influence on me. Ray Bradbury
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Hollywood was a good influence because I was madly in love with films, and the films had a direct influence on me. Ray Bradbury
I wake up in the morning and I lie in bed, and it’s the time I call “the theater of morning.” All these thoughts run around in my head, between my ears when I’m waking up. It’s not a dream state, but it’s not completely awake either. So all these metaphors run around and then … Read more
I don’t like to go to theaters, because I don’t like the way most people behave in theaters. Ray Bradbury
I’ve grown up on a diet of metaphors. If young writers would find those writers who can give them metaphors by the bushel and the peck, then they’ll become better writers – to learn how to capsualize things and present them in metaphorical form. Ray Bradbury
I can write faster on a typewriter than you can on a computer. I do 120 words a minute, and you can’t do that on a computer. Ray Bradbury
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. Ray Bradbury
I love the musical form of books. It’s a different way of doing things, it’s very beautiful. You’re able to sing things instead of saying them. So what the heck – why not do them? Ray Bradbury
The reason I shift gears constantly, why I’m doing an opera, why I’ve done essays, why I’ve written poetry for years that nobody wanted, why I do short stories and novels and screenplays… is so I will have new ways of failing. This means becoming a student again. Ray Bradbury
You learn to live with your crazy enthusiasms which nobody else shares, and then you find a few other nuts like yourself, and they’re your friends for a lifetime. That’s what friends are, the people who share your crazy outlook and protect you from the world, because nobody else is going to give a damn … Read more
I’m not a science-fiction writer. I’ve only written one book that’s science fiction, and that’s Fahrenheit 451. All the others are fantasy. Ray Bradbury