Biografia

After finishing high school, he didn't have the money to go to college so instead went down to his local library to read three nights a week. In 10 years' time, he read all the books in the library and considered that to be his higher education instead.

In 1950, he discovered comic-book publisher William M. Gaines (later famous for producing Mad magazine) had published several of his stories without his permission. Bradbury wrote Gaines a letter praising the artwork and treatment of his story, and politely asked for his royalty payment. He received the payment.

He was the great-great-great grandson of Mary Bradbury, a woman who was tried in the Salem Witch Trials in 1692, but escaped before she was to be hanged.

Despite the anti-censorship message of "Farenheit 451", Bradbury has continually had to fight his publisher's censors who want to tamper or alter the language and tone of the book. He says that the irony is obviously lost on them.

He once visited the set of Star Trek (1966) as a potential writer for the series. Crew members remembered him as being very polite and courteous, thinking he was already making himself at home. It later turned out that he never had any intention to join the writing team, but wanted to come anyway. He remained friends with series creator Gene Roddenberry until Gene's death on October 24, 1991.

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible.

Touch a scientist and you touch a child.

[on writing "Fahrenheit 451"] I wasn't trying to predict the future. I was trying to prevent it.

I am one of those fortunate people who were born to be joyful writers discovered the fact early on.

Sense of humor is everything. You can do anything in this world if you have a sense of humor. Many directors, producers, people haven't learned that -- that if you just salt people down a little and put a bit of butter on them and make them happy, then we can all work together.