ray bradbury on writing

this is from an interview by frank black speaking with ray bradbury

FB: when i was 16 years old i took the ged high school equivalency test because i was anxious to begin my career in music, and my mother made me finish high school. would you have different advice for a teenager who’s in a rush?

RB: well, it depends what you’re going to do. now if you want be a writer, you don’t need education. you can do it yourself. so when i graduated from high school, i went to the library and i stayed there, i went to the library two or three days a week for 20 years. i graduated from the library when i was about 28 years old. through writing, you educate yourself. you write every day and you read every day. and at the end of 10 years or so you’ve become a writer. that’s the way you rush it, by doing it.