“You were my best friend outside of Paris in 1918. You were wounded in the Ardennes and you died in my arms there. I’m glad you’re back in the world. You have a different face, a different name, but the soul shining out of your face is the same as my friend. Welcome back.”

The best ending to any writer’s interview ever?

Paris Review asks Ray Bradbury about the origins of a character named Mr Electrico. His answer starts in our world, opens a trapdoor in the fabric of reality itself, and surges into an elemental realm of cosmic myth. Genuine magic pic.twitter.com/ZKXJan44qQ

— Colin Walsh (@Clnwlsh) April 15, 2020

SOURCE: The Paris Review: Ray Bradbury, The Art of Fiction No. 203. Interview by Sam Weller