You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.

Quote by Ray Bradbury

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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.

Life is trying things to see if they work.

Life is trying things to see if they work.

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...

We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.

We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.

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....

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...

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...

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love...

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing...

My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing...

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...

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

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,...

Jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

Jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work...

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work...

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.