Sam Weller, Ray Bradbury's biographer, has started a series of talks on YouTube called CREATIVITY 451: THE CREATIVE WISDOM OF RAY BRADBURY, inspired by the methods Ray used in creating his literary works. I believe there have been five episodes to date. For those who might be interested, links to those five episodes are set forth below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsQ9QSst-KQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX-CVLSxWkM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGeReIOCSo0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sDI6ATC2kc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiei955DROk

In the episode of Creativity 451 which can be accessed by the link below, author and Ray Bradbury biographer Sam Weller discusses whether it is okay to imitate other writers. Sam discusses both Ray's influence on his own writing, and how other writers influenced Ray as a youth:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H94fWPeVDY