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

Topics: Ray Bradbury Quotes

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...

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library,...

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library,...

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

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

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...

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way...

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way...

Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See...

Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See...

Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea,...

Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea,...

We are anthill men upon an anthill world.

We are anthill men upon an anthill world.

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...

The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every...

The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every...

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy....

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy....

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...

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...

Life is trying things to see if they work.

Life is trying things to see if they work.

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 fail only if you stop writing.

You fail only if you stop writing.

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...

You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will....

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will....