“Last night I thought about all the kerosene I've used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper. And I'd never even thought that thought before...It took some man a lifetime maybe to put some of his thoughts down, looking around at the world and life, and then I come along in two minutes and boom! it's all over.”

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About Ray Bradbury

American science fiction writer and short story author of the mid-20th century, Bradbury crafted vivid, poetic visions of the future and human nature. His works like *Fahrenheit 451* and *The Martian Chronicles* explore themes of censorship, memory, and the boundaries between reality and imagination.

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