Top 132 Quotes by Ray Bradbury

I don't tell anyone how to write and no one tells me.

You pay a certain penalty for going your own way. A lot of people think you're nuts, and you're not as popular with girls as you should be.

If I'd found out that Norman Mailer liked me. I'd have killed myself.

I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

First grade is very cheap. It's the later grades where you have to spend a lot of money if you don't do it right.

Burroughs is crap. Crap.

The Internet is a big distraction.

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.

If an idea isn't exciting, you shouldn't do it.