Reflections for a Sunday: Ray Bradbury
"I got my education in the library for free. When a person wants something they will find a way."
A Message from Ray Bradbury
“When I was born in 1920,” he said in 2000, “the auto was only 20 years old. Radio didn’t exist. TV didn’t exist. I was born at just the right time to write about all of these things.” (Joshua Odell Editions / Capra Press)
“When I was 19 years old I couldn't go to college because I came from a poor family. We had no money, so I went to the library at least. Three days a week I read every possible book. At the age of 27 I have actually completed almost the entire library instead of university. So I got my education in the library and for free. When a person wants something, they will find a way to achieve it.
I would like to remind you one thing:
Humans should never forget that we have been assigned only a very small place on earth, that we live surrounded by nature that can easily take back everything that has ever given to man.
It costs absolutely nothing in her way to one day blow us all off the face of the earth or flood the waters of the ocean with her single breath, just to remind man once again that he is not as all-powerful as he still foolishly thinks. "
Photo: Bradbury as a child, Los Angeles Times
The man was brilliant in so many ways!
I have never read any of his books (not a big fan of sci-fi. One year I came across a speech (YouTube) he spoke about writer’s block. I thoroughly enjoyed his no nonsense approach. He said if you have writer’s block, you’re not writing about what interest you. My father took the TV away from us in high school. Best thing he ever did! No more Charlie’s Angels and Fantasy Island. Lol. Thank you Karen. I’ll be looking him up again. That photo is adorable!