Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.
Interpretation
This quote encourages taking risks and believing in oneself, even without a clear plan.
Ray Bradbury's quote reflects the idea that sometimes in life we must take bold actions without fully knowing the outcome. It suggests that by stepping out of our comfort zones and embracing the unknown, we may find the strength and resources to adapt and succeed, ultimately fostering personal growth.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal development.
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. 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 eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!)
I never went to college, so I went to the library.
There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.
I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.
The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might as well be out picking peaches or digging ditches; God knows it'd be better for his health.
You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.
You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.
When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray?
The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.
What we focus on determines how we feel. And how we feel - our state of mind - powerfully influences our actions and interactions.
Just write. If you have to make a choice, if you say, 'Oh well, I'm going to put the writing away until my children are grown,' then you don't really want to be a writer. If you want to be a writer, you do your writing... If you don't do it, you probably don't want to be a writer, you just want to have written and be famous—which is very different.
If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
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