Inspiration Quote by Dan Simmons

I was inspired to become a writer by horror movies and science fiction.

— Colson Whitehead

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

I think that I am profoundly influenced by writers who have explored loss, and longing, and fear. Those influences have turned me into a…

— Christopher Rice

I was always obsessed with being a writer of some sort.

— David Droga

I'm always inspired to write, and it's usually my own life experiences that inspire me.

— Kat Edmonson

Before I published anything, I dreamed of publication, but I didn't actually write for it. I imagined that writing for an audience was something…

— Ariel Gore

“Writers live with fear. Some writers cannot deal with the fear, and so they quit or refuse to publish. In order to write, you…

— Patrick Mcmanus

I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it…

— Gwendolyn Brooks

In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying…

— Leslie Banks

My great fear of being attacked or trivialized by my contemporaries made me concentrate on what I was trying to do as a writer.…

— Pat Conroy

I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me.

— Patrick Modiano

I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made…

— Ahmet Zappa