American writer Quote by Anne Rice

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

— Don DeLillo

The American writer is a very pampered figure - by foundations, by fellowships, by publishing advances. Even though I am not American, I have…

— Pankaj Mishra

I was never academically driven in English, but, again, Tom Waits is a perfect example of an influence. He writes so immaculately and paints…

— Hozier

Can you imagine writers influencing things in America? Can you imagine a writer in England influencing? Absolutely not. And in France? It used to…

— Nadine Gordimer

The wonderful thing about being an American writer is you've got this vastness to draw from.

— David Means

Of course, the way writers think about those things is almost certain to be affected by their own cultural background, and it would be…

— Stanley Schmidt

Evidently, there are many great American writers. But sometimes it can feel as though American fiction is dominated by relatively linear narrative form, with…

— Katie Kitamura

It would be hard to exaggerate Ernest Hemingway's influence over American literature, but his influence on our lives is probably larger still.

— Arthur Phillips

I've always said I'm more influenced in what I do by artists, and how they work, how they think, and the freedom they're given…

— James Frey

I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.

— Kenneth Koch

I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.

— Dashiell Hammett

I enjoy being influenced by other writers.

— Steve Toltz