Alive Quote by Denis Johnson

You can't write ... on the strength of influence. You can only write a good story or a good novel by yourself.

— Richard Ford

I think sometimes I write to impress my influences. Whether they're actually acquaintances of mine, people that I think will hear the record or…

— Jason Isbell

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

— Susan Tedeschi

You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not…

— Scott Adams

I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.

— Kenneth Koch

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

— Gerry Beckley

In order to have influence, you have to be influenced.

— Stephen Covey

If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence. It's simply someone's idea going through my…

— Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I've influenced them, you'd never believe it, and you'll never see it…

— Dave Brubeck

A literary influence is never just a literary influence. It's also an influence in the way you see everything - in the way you…

— Thom Gunn

Never allow yourself to be INFLUENCED. Rather be the INFLUENCE.

— Collins Hasty