Ray Bradbury Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.”

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

“You fail only if you stop writing.”

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

“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.”

“A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.”

“Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.”

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

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

“If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.”