Bradbury Speaks Quotes

“His destiny is in his genes. He can no more ignore this call, this summons, than he can ignore the beating of his heart. So it is with Man’s becoming more than he now is. Not Superman, assuredly, for that name has been contaminated with misuse. But a creature with a superb destiny.”
― Ray Bradbury, Bradbury Speaks: Too Soon from the Cave, Too Far from the Stars

“People come to films drowned in reality, leaving behind heart failures, cancer, failed marriages, bad jobs, mean bosses, and future sickness. What they need is not happy endings, but proper endings.”
― Ray Bradbury, Bradbury Speaks: Too Soon from the Cave, Too Far from the Stars

“Occasionally I wonder why I can be so happy. The answer is that every day of my life I’ve worked only for myself and for the joy that comes from writing and creating. The image in my mirror is not optimistic, but the result of optimal behavior.”
― Ray Bradbury, Bradbury Speaks: Too Soon from the Cave, Too Far from the Stars

“We are in a state of becoming. If we persist, we go on becoming whatever in hell it is we want to be.”
― Ray Bradbury, Bradbury Speaks: Too Soon from the Cave, Too Far from the Stars