Quotes from book
Zen in the Art of Writing
Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity is a collection of essays by Ray Bradbury and published in 1990. The unifying theme is Bradbury's love for writing.
“Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation.”
Source: Zen in the Art of Writing
Variant: Write. Don't think. Relax.
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“Life is like underwear, should be changed twice a day.”
A Graveyard for Lunatics (1990)
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“Ours is a culture and a time immensely rich in trash as it is in treasures.”
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“Now that I have you thoroughly confused, let me pause to hear your own dismayed cry.”
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Variant: We never sit anything out. We are cups, quietly and constantly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.
Source: Zen in the Art of Writing (1990) <!-- page 120 of the mass market paperback edition -->
Context: From now on I hope always to educate myself as best I can. But lacking this, in future I will relaxedly turn back to my secret mind to see what it has observed when I thought I was sitting this one out. We never sit anything out. We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.
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“That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.”
Source: Zen in the Art of Writing
