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My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I fin
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"My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off"

- Ray Bradbury

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This quote by Ray Bradbury speaks with the imaginative procedure of composing. It recommends that concepts come to the writer in unexpected methods, which the author needs to be prepared to capture them. The idea of a story biting the writer on the leg is a metaphor for the suddenness and strength of motivation. The author should then respond by making a note of everything that comes to mind, in order to capture the idea before it flees. This quote speaks to the significance of being prepared to catch concepts when they come, and to be happy to take dangers in order to record them. It likewise speaks with the idea that concepts can be short lived, and that the writer should be prepared to catch them before they vanish.

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Ray Bradbury This quote is written / told by Ray Bradbury between August 22, 1920 and June 5, 2012. He was a famous Writer from USA. The author also have 29 other quotes.

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