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" The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me. "
Ray Bradbury
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" Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. "
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" Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again. As soon as you have an idea that changes some small part of the world you are writing science fiction. It is always the art of the possible, never the impossible. "
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" All of us, no matter how we look born into this world, feel something like the Hunchback. It doesn't matter if you have a beautiful face or not. "
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" I have a big box of autographs. I took photographs of me and Marlene Dietrich, me and Ida Lupino. I took pictures of Myrna Loy and Joel McCrea in front of the studios. I loved Hollywood. I have 500 autographs and 500 photographs I took. "
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" Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it. "
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" Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things. "
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" Burroughs is crap. Crap. "
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" Any experience that touches you, in any particular way, is good. It can be a horrible experience. "
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" My favorite writers have been those who've said things well. "
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" If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. "
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" A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt. "
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" 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. "
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" I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing. "
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" My goal is to entertain myself and others. "
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