Book Review
10 Inspiring Quotes From “Zen in the Art of Writing”
Ray Bradbury’s powerful book with inspiration for writers
A few years back I read a powerful book called Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury, and if you are a writer, add this little book of writing-Zen to your must-read list.
Few writing books pack such a moving punch as this one. If you value your writing, your creative spirit, your writing career, etc., then this is a read worth chasing down from your local library or finding on Amazon or eBay.
Published in 1990, Bradbury’s collection of essays on creativity will inspire you.
Here are 10 quotes from this exceptional little book.
“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 reality cannot destroy you.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
Writers have a complicated relationship with the truth. We seek it, we dig furiously for it, then we bend it, distort it, and lavish it with something a bit more colorful than real life. We lie and yet we reveal ourselves in the most intimate ways. This Bradbury quote reminds us that the process, as personal as…
