Ray Bradbury

"The problem in our country isn't with books being banned, but with people no longer reading. Look at the magazines, the newspapers around us - it's all junk, all trash, tidbits of news. The average TV ad has 120 images a minute. Everything just falls off your mind. You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."

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Source: Bradbury Still Believes In Heat Of `Fahrenheit 451' by Misha Berson, community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. March 12, 1993.

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Ray Bradbury was an American author known for his imaginative works, particularly 'Fahrenheit 451', which critiques censorship and celebrates creativity.

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