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When I was seven or eight years old, I began to read the science-fiction magazines that were brought by guests into my grandparents' boarding house in...more

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You can't learn to write in college. It's a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you do—and they don't. Th...more

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From now on I hope always to stay alert, to educate myself as best I can. But lacking this, in Future I will relaxedly turn back to my secret mind to ...more

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Throughout his life, Bradbury liked to recount the story of meeting a carnival magician, Mr. Electrico, in 1932. At the end of his performance Electri...more

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Writing keeps death at bay. Every book I write is a triumph over death. ... If we did not know we’d die, we’d wander around and sleep like cats.

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Surprise is where creativity comes in.

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I believe in having fun first, and along the way, if you teach people, if you influence people, well and good. But I don't want to set out to influenc...more

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In quickness is truth. The more swiftly you write, the more honest you are. In hesitation is thought. In delay comes the effort for a style, instead o...more

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Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should...more

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Collecting facts is important. Knowledge is important. But if you don't have an imagination to use the knowledge, civilization is nowhere.

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Remember: Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations. Plot is observed...more

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I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves -- you c...more

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Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old-fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll e...more

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Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.

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Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.