Writing

"my books tend to be based on situation rather than story. Some of the ideas which have produced those books are more complex than others, but the majority start out with the stark simplicity of a department store window display or a waxwork tableau." - Stephen King

"I circled around summer noons and October midnights, sensing that there somewhere in the bright and dark seasons must be something that was really me." - Ray Bradbury

"The most important is that the writer’s original perception of a character or characters may be as erroneous as the reader’s. Running a close second was the realization that stopping a piece of work just because it’s hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don’t feel like it, and sometimes... See more

To Read: Dorothea Brande’s Becoming A Writer

The physical world and the cognitive worlds become linked through metaphors.

"You are, in effect, dropping stones down a well. Every time you hear an echo from your Subconscious, you know yourself a little better. A small echo may start an idea. A big echo may result in a story." - Ray Bradbury

To Read: Aldous Huxley’s “The Education of an Amphibian”

"For the first thing a writer should be is—excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms." - Ray Bradbury

"When did you last read a book of poetry or take time, of an afternoon, for an essay or two?" - Ray Bradbury