Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

Ray Bradbury has died at age 91.

Here's an interview with him (undated, but uploaded in 2008).

A thing that begins when you're 3 and 6 and 10 and 12 winds up in your fictions when you're in your 30s. . . .

The reason why my books are popular: because they know I'm a lover. . . .

Love what you do, and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. . . .

I'm going to have a t-shirt made — it says: "Stand at the top of the cliff, and jump off, and build your wings on the way down."

We are all the sons and the daughters of time. So I thank the universe for making life on earth and allowing me to come alive here.

5 comments:

LemmusLemmus said...

Of course, you shouldn't 'do what you love' because that's "an excellecnt recipe for frustration and poverty".

Richard Lawrence Cohen said...

A great writer and a beautiful life -- thank you for posting that!

John Althouse Cohen said...

LemmusLemmus: I was wondering if anyone would catch that contradiction!

LemmusLemmus said...

John: That ain't much of a comeback.

John Althouse Cohen said...

It wasn't a comeback at all. It was a statement.