Could Quote by Angie Dickinson

What brought me to the table was Raymond Chandler and, to a lesser degree, Ross Macdonald and Dashiell Hammett. I was basically inspired to…

— Michael Connelly

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had…

— Lynn Johnston

All good writers inspire me as I have never thought I was any good. As far as a writer who made me think I…

— Henry Rollins

My dad was the baby. When he was born they were already successful. They sent him to business school - he probably would have…

— Bob Balaban

Edgar Allan Poe, I think he's a brilliant poet. I was actually given a copy of his work when I was, like, 8 years…

— Dove Cameron

John Dos Passos, Raymond Carver, Flaubert and William Maxwell were all very influential when I first started writing. Now, the writers I'm most interested…

— Jonathan Dee

My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my…

— Shakira

My dad would go to work every day and write in a room full of funny people. He enjoyed it. I know great writers…

— Joss Whedon

My dad, when he was young, did Shakespeare in school, and my mom was a little bit of an artist, but everybody was pragmatic.

— Ato Essandoh

My father was retired military, and my mother was an educator. She was incredibly creative. I used to love going to her school during…

— Brian Tyree Henry

I loved to write; in my late teens I had a 'zine. But it wasn't until I went back to school, later on in…

— Sonja Sohn

My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer.

— John Sebastian