Why is it," he said, one time, at the subway entrance, "I feel I've known you so many years?" "Because I like you," she said, "and I don't want anything from you.
—Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles - art by Ian Miller (1979)
If you did not write every day, the poisons would accumulate and you would begin to die, or act crazy, or both.
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
Ray Bradbury — Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity
Cover illustration by Charles Binger
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2 unusual editions of Bradbury’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’.
"do your own bit of saving. that way, if you drown, at least you'll die knowing you were heading for shore."
"This is dedicated to those who have lost the game of the elements, by one who has always escaped . . . until tonight"
A. R. Tilburne (1887-1965) - Illustration for Ray Bradbury's 'The Wind'
(Weird Tales - March 1943)
The Small Assassin, Ray Bradbury
Happy 100th birthday, Ray Bradbury (b. 22 August 1920)
Joseph Mugnaini - The Halloween Tree, 1972