Ray Bradbury was the first author that I was really exposed to back in grade school. I'm a big Philip K. Dick fan, but the emotion and humanity that Bradbury brings to his stories and the way he uses sci-fi to get at the human heart is something that's unique and for me incredibly influential.
Rian Johnson
I love that vein which uses sci-fi to address society's problems. It is the same when you have useful nightmares - things morph, and you get to confront issues in your dreams.
The first author I met socially was Joyce Cary.
John Updike
The first author I remember being obsessed by, actually realizing 'I like the way he writes and I like the way he tells stories,' was C.S. Lewis and the 'Narnia' books.
Ray Bradbury is one who is contributing to the understanding of the imagination and the curiosity of the human race.
I thought I was going to be a horror story writer. My influences were horror writers, like Rich Matheson, Ray Bradbury and Bram Stoker.
While my favorite book of short stories is Fredrick Brown's 'Nightmares and Geezenstacks,' my favorite single story is 'Sound of Thunder,' by Ray Bradbury.
Yeah, I loved Ray Bradbury.
Jeff Bridges
Ray Bradbury taught me the importance of metaphor and simile and poetic style.
I was warped early by Ray Bradbury and Edgar Allan Poe. I was very fond of Franz Kafka.
I read a bit of Ray Bradbury when I was a younger man. I don't read a lot of fiction anymore... like, none.
I did plays in grade school.
Colin Hanks
I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.
I didn't play soccer; I played that other football in grade school through college.
I was born in Everett; I went through grade school in Everett, high school in Seattle.
The human heart is the same the world over.
Billy Graham
Hell lies at the bottom of the human heart.
Ross MacDonald
Wealth and want equally harden the human heart.
Theodore Parker
Things are never simple when it comes to the human heart.
The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.
Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.
Reality, by itself, becomes a story by Philip K. Dick.
Philip K. Dick
I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat.
It was really great to be part of the Philip Roth story as a woman in a very complete way.
Philip Roth has been a huge influence on me. The early books I read in my teens and twenties.
Dick Dale don't surf no more.
Dick Dale
Performing for Dick Van Dyke once was fun.
Jerrod Carmichael
Reading 'Moby-Dick' helps you discover how to live.
Nathaniel Philbrick
Andy Dick is so gay, he thinks Margaret Cho is funny.
Lisa Lampanelli
Reality, by itself, becomes a story by Philip K. Dick.
If I couldn't be Dick Van Dyke, I wanted to be Art Carney.
I've been working a lot with Dick Smith on overpopulation.
Social media is so influential now.
Rita Ora
I want to be influential as a legislator.
Charles Boustany
Music was very influential on me as a kid.
Steve Earle
Everything I listen to is influential in some way.
Joanna Noelle Levesque
Being influential is not the mark of a great book.
Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
Harley's been influential, but I'm not a big Harley fan.
I like sci-fi.
Bill Nighy
I love horror and sci-fi.
Ivan Reitman
I love sci-fi and fantasy.
Amber Benson
I think sci-fi can easily be PG.
Ridley Scott
I'm a huge fan of classic sci-fi.
I love the 'what if' nature of sci-fi.
You can't trademark the word 'sci-fi.'
Yeah, I loved Ray Bradbury.
Jeff Bridges
Who isn't a fan of Ray Charles?
John Scofield
I saw Ray Charles at Massey Hall.
Robbie Robertson
I grew up singing Ray Charles and Jimmy Reed.
Aaron Neville
Ray Charles has always been a big part of my life.
My guitar setup is inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan.
I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.
I like sci-fi.
Bill Nighy
I am a sci-fi fan.
Danny Boyle
Not a big sci-fi guy.
Eric McCormack
I love horror and sci-fi.
Ivan Reitman
I love sci-fi and fantasy.
Sci-fi fans are eccentric.
I think sci-fi can easily be PG.
I only finished first grade.
Amnat Ruenroeng
I did plays in grade school.
Colin Hanks
I never finished the ninth grade.
James Garner
I was a class clown since second grade.
I never cared what kind of grade I got.
I've worked since I was in second grade.
Call me the author.
Joan Didion
I want to be an author.
Harry Lloyd
Proust is a huge author for me.
Rachel Kushner
An author departs, he does not die.
Dinah Maria Mulock
I am the freest author in the world.
I shall be but a shrimp of an author.
I think of myself as a very lazy author.
Girls love emotion.
Prince Royce
Taste is an emotion.
Lee Radziwill
Sex is emotion in motion.
Mae West
Anger's not a good emotion.
Lincoln Chafee
Hope is a very unruly emotion.
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
Humanity is the sin of God.
Theodore Parker
Books are humanity in print.
Barbara Tuchman
War is a defeat for humanity.
Pope John Paul II
Above all nations is humanity.
Goldwin Smith
Homosexuality is anti-humanity.
Fear makes us feel our humanity.
Humanity is the child of religion.
I was a very unique child.
Kat Dennings
If you want success, be unique.
Natalie Massenet
I'm unique - a cosmopolitan mix.
Sara Sheridan
New Orleans is a unique environment.
Steve Earle
I'm a unique fighter - one of a kind.
There is no unique picture of reality.
I do have a somewhat unique upbringing.
I like real stories.
Tim Matheson
I like small stories.
Paz Vega
I like short stories.
John Updike
I like telling stories.
Hunter Parrish
Share your true stories.
I love relatable stories.
I love adventure stories.
I'm a hip-hop fan.
Steven Seagal
I am a monkey fan.
Jerry Jones
I'm a big UFC fan.
James Arthur
I am a sci-fi fan.
Danny Boyle
I'm a fan at heart.
I'm a fan of X-men.
I'm a big Bond fan.
Music is my heart.
Tionne Watkins
I have a big heart.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Stay in your heart.
Carlos Santana
I'm a fan at heart.
Robert Kraft
I care about heart.
I'm a nerd at heart.
I acted my heart out.
I'll be back.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
France is back.
Emmanuel Macron
I got my own back.
Maya Angelou
I didn't hold back.
Sarah Hughes
I seldom look back.
I want my name back.
You can't look back.
I'm very human.
Tyra Banks
I'm totally human.
Serena Williams
I'm terribly human.
Rickie Lee Jones
Envy is human nature.
Monica Bellucci
Human nature is weak.
I am a private human.
I'm a shy human being.
I'm old school.
James Harden
I loved school.
Liam Neeson
I hated school.
Kate Mara
I sucked in school.
Miranda Lambert
I was shy at school.
I didn't love school.
I am a bit old-school.
Dream big!
Josh Ryan Evans
I'm a big yogi.
Rachel Platten
I'm a big eater.
Michelle Kwan
I'm a big softie.
Jason Momoa
I got a big mouth.
I'm a big UFC fan.
I hate big models.
Lebanon first.
Saad Hariri
I'm a mom first.
Mindy McCready
I'm a father first.
Pilou Asbaek
Jazz was my first love.
Frankie Valli
Music is my first love.
Music is my first love.
I'm a songwriter first.
I loved 'Get Out.'
Charlie Brooker
Get rid of debt now.
Suze Orman
Value is what you get.
Warren Buffett
Stay hyped! Get chicks!
Rob Gronkowski
You give before you get.
I get to surf every day.
I cry every chance I get.
I believe in something.
Larry David
Al Green is something else.
Nicky Jam
Acting is something I love.
Rod Taylor
When in doubt, do something.
Harry Chapin
Netflix is something I watch.
I'm always reading something.
You're always 'too' something.
A will finds a way.
Orison Swett Marden
I eat way too fast.
John Lithgow
I always get my way.
Catherine Oxenberg
Art is a way of life.
Bryce Dessner
I am loyal to my way.
Fate will find a way.
Me, a teacher? No way!
That's hot.
Paris Hilton
That's all folks!
Mel Blanc
Size counts. That's all.
Gina Gershon
Art? That's a man's name.
Andy Warhol
That's me, I'm emotional.
I'm famous. That's my job.
Life is good - we forget that.
I'm a Jew.
I'm lucky.
I'm lucky.