A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel Johnson

On a scale of the United States, the Hollywood influence on what comes out, that's not the majority views of across the country. What we read in Us Weekly or People magazine, or Entertainment Tonight, it's not what the majority of the country is thinking.
Kid Rock

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.
Jim Harrison

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read.
Jim Harrison

In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer.
Naomi Campbell

You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts.
Chevy Chase

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
Arthur C. Clarke

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
J. D. Salinger

I read some, and then visited with people involved in this curious, exciting and somewhat misunderstood sub-culture. I met with a fang maker, who offered to fit me for an exquisite pair.
James Patterson

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.
Ray Charles

If I read the articles about me, and I didn't know me, I would think I was Satan.
Jack Abramoff

My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.
Danielle Steel

Learning lines is on my mind until I do know them. I'll read the paper or paint the house to keep from starting to memorize. I've never found an easy way.
Paul Lynde

I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I read Bushido is compassion. 'If there's no one there to help, go out and find someone to help.' That hit me, because I try to lead my life like that.
Tom Cruise

Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.
S. E. Hinton

Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.
Nicolas de Chamfort

I would rather exercise than read a newspaper.
Kim Alexis

I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
Ice T

I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old.
Stanley Kubrick

If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked.
William Shatner