“Science-fiction balances you on the cliff. Fantasy shoves you off.”

— Ray Bradbury, Introduction to The Circus of Dr. Lao, 1956

About Ray Bradbury

1920 – 2012

American author of "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles".

“While our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.”

“Disbelief is catching. It rubs off on people.”

“Mars is a mirror, not a crystal.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”