My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.

Quote by Ray Bradbury

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Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is...

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is...

First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down.

First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down.

Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy...

Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy...

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that...

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that...

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip...

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip...

We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.

We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.

I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on.

You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on.

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want...

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want...

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

We are anthill men upon an anthill world.

We are anthill men upon an anthill world.

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that...

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that...

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

Life is trying things to see if they work.

Life is trying things to see if they work.

Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up...

Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up...

People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just...

People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just...

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy...

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy...