Without the library, you have no civilization..

I'll tell you," said Beatty, smiling at his cards. "That made you for a little while a drunkard. Read a few lines and off you go over the cliff. Bang….

Journalism keeps you planted in the earth..

You're insane!" "I won't argue that point..

The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you're seventeen you know everything. When you're twenty-seven if you still know everything you're still s….

Ours is a culture and a time immensely rich in trash as it is in treasures..

Do you ever wonder if--well, if there are people living on the third planet?' 'The third planet is incapable of supporting life,' stated the husband ….

Thank God for that. You can shut them, say, 'Hold on a moment.' You play God to it. But who has ever torn himself from the claw that encloses you whe….

I don't write science fiction. I've only done one science fiction book and that's Fahrenheit 451, based on reality. Science fiction is a depiction of….

Libraries are absolutely at the center of my life. Since I couldn't afford to go to college, I attended the library three or four days a week from th….

Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at l….

I love the musical form of books. It's a different way of doing things, it's very beautiful. You're able to sing things instead of saying them. So wh….

I’ve often been accused of being too emotional and sentimental, but I believe in honest sentiment, and the need to purge ourselves at certain times, ….

The sun rose yellow as a lemon.The sky was round and blue.The birds looped clear water songs in the air.Will and Jim leaned from their windows.Nothin….

A day without writing was a little death..

Men throw huge shadows on the lawn, don't they? Then, all their lives, they try to run to fit the shadows. But the shadows are always longer..

I'll hold on to the world tight some day. I've got one finger on it now; that's a beginning..

It doesn't matter what you do...so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you ta….

Surprise is where creativity comes in..

The Internet is a big distraction. It's distracting, it's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere..

What should I do?" "Throw up in your typewriter every morning." "Yeah." "Clean up every noon..