I never consciously place symbolism in my writing. That would be a self-conscious exercise and self-consciousness is defeating to any creative act. Better to get the subconscious to do the work for you, and get out of the way. The best symbolism is always unsuspected and natural. During a lifetime, one saves up information which collects itself around centers in the mind; these automatically become symbols on a subliminal level and need only be summoned in the heat of writing.
And suddenly everything, absolutely everything, was there. - Ray Bradbury
And suddenly everything, absolutely everything, was there.
- Ray Bradbury
You're either in love with what you do, or you're not in love. - Ray Bradbury
You're either in love with what you do, or you're not in love.
I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone… - Ray Bradbury
I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone…
Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down. - Ray Bradbury
Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. - Ray Bradbury
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
The minute you get a religion you stop thinking. Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas. - Ray Bradbury
The minute you get a religion you stop thinking. Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. - Ray Bradbury
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. - Ray Bradbury
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.
Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything. - Ray Bradbury
Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.
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