Ray Bradbury speaks about WRITING!

Matmethod: This is Mr. Ray Bradbury, one of the most influential science fiction authors of the 20th century. He has written such works as "Farenheit 451" "The Martian Chronicles" and "Dandelion Wine". I would recommend reading these, as they subtley reflect ob what he says here.

Who is this man, I stumbled across him while I was watching a video on advice for writing by Kurt Vonnegut. Someone please fill me in because I really enjoyed what he said.

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
...And Spring herself when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely know that we were gone.

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
...And Spring herself when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely know that we were gone.

A poem by Sara Teasdale
in the collection "The Martian Chronicles"
Here is my favourite Bradbury's story

what an inspiration +fav

His book "Zen in the art of Writing" has more good advice on one page than the whole of "Writing down the bones" by Natalie Goldberg. She's a fraud and a hack. Bradbury was a genius.

genius ..... just that... God bless him.

The first 50-some seconds of this are priceless and stand alone. I was so privileged to have met the man in 1996.

We are here to appreciate the act of being alive -- this man has so got it! Thank you

@craniocean,

What he said there really stood out for me as well, such great words!