‘It’s not you I worry about,’ said Douglas. ‘It’s the way God runs the world.’
Tom thought about this for a moment.
‘He’s all right, Doug,’ said Tom. ‘He tries.’
Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
I’m seventeen and I’m crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane.
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (via quotespile)
Self-consciousness is the enemy of all art, be it acting, writing, painting, or living itself, which is the greatest art of all.
Ray Bradbury
Joseph Mugnaini - The Halloween Tree, 1972
Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury, photos around my hometown
Vintage Paperback - Assignment In Tomorrow by Frederik Pohl
Lancer (1972)
"Everything is my demon muse. I have a muse which whispers in my ear and says, 'Do this, do that,' but it's my demon who provokes me."
Ray Bradbury
Science fiction is also a great way to pretend you are writing about the future when in reality you are attacking the recent past and the present.
Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) American writer, futurist, fabulist
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“October in the Chair,” Neil Gaiman, featured in M is for Magic
Illustration of The Long Rain by Ray Bradbury. Art by Cristina Bencina.
Available as a print here.
“We earth men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things.”
— Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles