I didn’t write Fahrenheit 451 about us. I wrote it about St… - Ray Bradbury

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I didn’t write Fahrenheit 451 about us. I wrote it about Stalin and Mussolini and Hitler. … I may not even talk about book banning if I don’t feel like it. I don’t prepare anything ahead. I have a dozen subjects to talk about because I write plays and poetry and essays, short stories and novels and screenplays and teleplays and operas. I’ll get lost, and the audience will have a wonderful time. And I’ll get a standing ovation, and they’ll go home.

Ray Bradbury

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About Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (22 August 1920 – 5 June 2012) was an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer.

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Pen Names: William Elliot

Birth Name: Raymond Douglas Bradbury

Native Name: Ray Douglas Bradbury

Alternative Names: Elliott, William • William Elliott

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