What I have over my desk:
“To sum it all up, if you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out and sent rambling.
You must write every single day of your life.
You must read dreadful dumb books and glorious books, and let them wrestle in glorious fights inside your head, vulgar one moment, brilliant the next.
You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads.
I wish for you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime.
I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon you.
May you live with hysteria, and out of it make fine stories – science fiction and otherwise.
Which finally means, may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And, out of that love, remake a world.”
- Ray Bradbury
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What a great quote!
Also, I miss you! I think we've both been crazy busy lately.
I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon you.
That says it all.
Love it! Good quote :)
And... may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days! Beautiful reminder!
i love that!
this is the first time I've read that quote. I love it. Thank you for sharing it.
I think we have, TC! I'm greatly looking forward to "visiting" with you again. I hope all is going well.
Amy, I agree - it's my favorite part.
Thanks, Maryann! I think it serves for a lot of circumstances, not just writing.
Anno - absolutely. But I think he means with your muse... although on any score that's wonderful.
PM - me, too!
NYC - I'm glad you like it. It's definitely my favorite "inspiration" quote.
Great quote. With all thats going on whats happening with the book. I know it sounds crazy, but when things are crazy thats the time to push yourself.
I remember I had Rudyard Kippling's words hanging in my wall when I was a teenager... Y serás hombre hijo mio... this sentences made me think of that :D
Wow. Love this.
Glamah, I'm gearing up again. I came to that conclusion myself.
Nuria, I love that poem.
Karen, me, too. Obviously. I had a great discussion with my writing kids about it today. We talked about the importance of reading "dreadful dumb" books as writers. It was fascinating to get their perspective.
Ooooh, nice little piece. :)
I agree, Sassy! ;-)
Thank you for sharing that quote. I've been wrestling with a muse so this is just wonderful to read.
I love this! I think it works perfectly for visual artists, too. Very inspiring for a dreary Monday night. Thanks, Jen!
That's a great, great quote and I need to read it more often since I'm gearing up for NaNoWriMo.
SMID - oh, those muses! They never seem to just do their thing quietly, do they?
Brittany, I agree - it is for any area of the arts, I think.
LA - yup, me, too (I think). I'm trying to push myself to commit.
I love it. What a brilliant quote. I can see why you have it over your desk :)
I love that quote. It's perfect.
Hey Sandy and Leslie - yes, it's fun - Ray Bradbury was such a brilliant writer!
hmm even if you don't want to create or write, you can enjoy some of that hysteria by reading hunger alone though!
It sometimes bites me and sometimes it doesn't.
Yes, Goofball, but I think he was specifically tying reading to writing.
Ahhh, what an amazing quote. I'm printing it out right now!
Thank you. I needed this today. The words are coming hard.
What a wonderful quote. I love me some Ray Bradbury. :)
Ray Bradbury = genius.
I have loved that quote since the first time I read it.
I thought this might be one of your faves, too. ;-)
Bradbury is definitely one of THE masters.
Truly inspiring!
Glad you enjoyed it, April!
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