If you did not write every day, the poisons would accumulate and you would begin to die, or act crazy, or both. You must stay drunk on writing so rea… - Ray Bradbury

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation.

Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they’ll feel they’re thinking, they’ll get a sense of motion without moving. And they’ll be happy, because facts of that sort don’t change. Don’t give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.

Sleeping beauty awoke at the kiss of a scientist and expired at the fatal puncture of his syringe.