Ray Bradbury Quotes

What I tell young writers is to find those things that you're so passionate about that your energy doesn't run away.

I have a lot of energy, and as you get to know me, you will quickly learn that! I channel my energy into my acting, my writing, everything.

Write about it by day and dream about it by night.

What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it. . . . The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all. . . . When we talk about the great workers of the world we really mean the great players of the world.

The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love.

I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.

You have to have passion for a subject to write about it. You can't expect your readers to feel any excitement if it's nothing but a boring writing exercise for you.

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.

I think if people are passionate about something, it could be real estate or biochemistry, and that spark gets turned on in them, everyone's beautiful in that zone.

If you truly dig what you are doing, if you lay it out that way, nobody can not respond. That's what rock and roll is; it's relentless.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

You've got to sing like you don't need the money.

To write, you need to find what you love.

You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you.

I stopped singing for a long time because it just wasn't something I was very passionate about.

I don't see any reason to quit playing. I'll be doing this at least till I get to a hundred and something. You know, I ain't got far to go. But I'm still going to be playing, as long as I have good ideas, and can play as I do.

It's easy to get discouraged; just keep writing because you love to do it, and you'll keep improving.

I was fortunate enough to write about things I really love, and love can be very analytic.

Make your heart bleed! Put your soul into that damn thing. And try new things.

If I can't put my heart and soul into a film, I don't take it up.

I keep finding good stories so I don't see a reason not to work.

I'm a bit of a strange human being - I love to work. I love art. I love self-expression.

If you love something, if you're passionate about it, that's where you're going to have the greatest impact on the people around you: by living in those passions and sharing that passion with other people and sharing your gifts and what God created you to be.

I love what I do, and if I'm playing for people who love what I'm doing, I don't really care, I'll keep playing till the cows come home.