The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing …

Ray Bradbury
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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.
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It could reach up and grab the moon. ✨ Ray Bradbury (1971). The golden apples of the sun, Greenwood Pub Group
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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.

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