Authors Quote by Ashwin Sanghi

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me.

— Peter Benchley

I don't read other writers because I'm writing all the time. It's too disturbing to read a writer with a good style when you're…

— Norman Mailer

My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are. No matter how hard I try to do otherwise, the…

— Ann Patchett

Whatever solidarity I have established with other writers individually, it is usually organized around books. We connected as readers, as it were, not writers.

— Aleksandar Hemon

I don't think I'm a brilliant writer, but I'm a good writer, and it's just so empowering to get involved.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I think I'm way too much of a control freak to co-author anything with anyone. I have a hard enough time writing with myself!…

— Sarah Dessen

I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that's made by one person, but that's not true. Every reading of a book is…

— John Green

As for the writers who have influenced me they are many. Hemingway, Chandler, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, William Goldman, Flannery O'Conner, Carson…

— Joe R. Lansdale

I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different, and I…

— Nell Freudenberger

“Writing is more fun when you have a partner, so find friends who share your research interests. Two authors can write faster, can complement…

— Paul J. Silvia

I've always read, I've always admired writers and was lucky really to meet some extraordinary ones and become friends. Certain times you just like…

— David Salle

Probably every book I read influenced me in some small way. Authors like Jan Westcott, Kathleen Winsor, Catherine Cookson, Georgette Heyer, and even Barbara…

— Virginia Henley