your beast-creature ideas want out

25th November 2016 | for Creatives | inspiration/the muse, ideas, Ray Bradbury, the creative life  |       

your beast-creature ideas want out

"My ideas drove me to it, you see.  The more I did, the more I wanted to do.  You grow ravenous.  You run fevers.  You know exhilarations.  You can't sleep at night, because your beast-creature ideas want out and turn you in your bed.  It is a grand way to live."

— Ray Bradbury

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