Book Quote by China Mieville

Whenever I give a talk about my work I am invariably asked who my influences are. Not what my influences are, but who.. As…

— Robert Gober

The things I write are combinations of all of the people that have been influences to me.

— Gerry Beckley

My own accumulation of influences is actually what made me a writer in the first place.

— Andrew Sean Greer

I have so many influences, you couldn't write them all down.

— Susan Tedeschi

I love it when people ask who my influences are... or what my favorite part of my last book was... or the last great…

— Jennifer Weiner

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

— Dee Rees

The most influential books, and the truest in their influence, are works of fiction. They repeat, they re-arrange, they clarify the lessons of life;…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

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

— Peter Benchley

Who are my influences? Everybody.

— Cameron Esposito

My biggest influences are strong, creative women that chart their own path, lead their own lives and drive the course of history.

— Rachel Roy

I've been influenced by so many different writers along the way - from Charles Dickens, Roger Zelazny, Michael Moorcock, John D. McDonald, and so…

— Jim Starlin

As a writer, I've always been the sum total of my influences, and those are all over the spectrum: Rachmaninov, the Who, the Beatles,…

— Eric Carmen