Novelists Quote by Billy Bob Thornton

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

Most writers have been influenced by Faulkner.

— Louise Erdrich

Faulkner is a really important figure in southern literature. I wrestle with him and his legacy every time I sit down and write a…

— Jesmyn Ward

I'm more influenced by novelists than I am by filmmakers.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I love movies. Movies have influenced me as a writer.

— Michael Connelly

I watched a lot of movies. I was deeply influenced by movies.

— Ruskin Bond

I have been as influenced by music and films as by books.

— Kevin Barry

Creatively, most of my influences come from the literary world: Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara. Writers are my heroes.

— Dee Rees

Southerners make good novelists: they have so many stories because they have so much family.

— Gore Vidal

I am very indebted to southern writers and not just Flannery O'Connor. Also Harry Crews, Larry Brown, Tennessee Williams, Barry Hannah and William Gay.

— Donald Ray Pollock

A lot of people inspire me. I'm a huge movie buff. From studying and watching movies, over and over again, directly influential are Terrence…

— David Gordon Green

Of course, I'm of the generation that grew up with Hemingway and Faulkner as strong influences.

— Italo Calvino