Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for. --Ray Bradbury I read this quote on Ann Dee Ellis's blog today and it was like getting hit in the head with a pine cone. Ray Bradbury is a hero of mine. He graduated from the library instead of college. He writes original, inimitable stuff. a pine cone I started writing because I loved it. I loved it so much I could write myself out of a depression, and that's a big deal. I was totally in love. me, in love I didn't know what I was doing. A lot of what I wrote was buffalo chips, destined for the fire. But I was having too much fun to care. ...