All my stories are like the Greek and Roman myths, and the Egyptian myths, and the Old and New Testament.
Interpretation
Bradbury compares his stories to ancient myths and religious texts, highlighting their timeless and universal themes.
Ray Bradbury suggests that his narratives possess a similar depth and significance as the myths from Greek, Roman, and Egyptian cultures, as well as the stories found in the Old and New Testament. This implies that his storytelling transcends ordinary narratives, aiming to convey profound truths about the human experience, much like traditional myths that offer moral and cultural lessons.
In practice
In a literary discussion about the influence of mythology on modern storytelling.
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!)
I never went to college, so I went to the library.
There must be something in books, something we canβt imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You donβt stay for nothing.
I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.
The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might as well be out picking peaches or digging ditches; God knows it'd be better for his health.
You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.
If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead.
Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.
What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way.
Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
The only thing we are as actors are messengers. That's all we are. Correct? We are delivering the playwright's intention through the concept of the director. And I come on stage; if I feel confident in the role, then I give it away.
I've spent so much of my life examining the smallest details. In some ways, it's where I feel most at home. For me, it's super-important to understand all of the different nuances of light and shade. But if you can't paint in primary colours, no one's going to listen to your songs, because they need to feel like something.
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