Books Quote by Donald E. Westlake

The one author who has influenced my writing the most is the English writer John Fowles, who wrote 'The French Lieutenant's Woman,' 'The Magus,'…

— Elizabeth George

What brought me to the table was Raymond Chandler and, to a lesser degree, Ross Macdonald and Dashiell Hammett. I was basically inspired to…

— Michael Connelly

John Dos Passos, Raymond Carver, Flaubert and William Maxwell were all very influential when I first started writing. Now, the writers I'm most interested…

— Jonathan Dee

My father, Leo Henry Brown, really was talented - he could write. He had a gift, and he had a great, sly humor.

— Angie Dickinson

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

In my later years I have sought to become simpler, straighter and purer in my handling of the language. I've had many writing heroes,…

— Red Smith

I was really exposed to great old-time literature - the classics, the poetic realists like Strindberg and Ibsen and all those guys. I was…

— Kurt Sutter

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.

— Samuel Butler

Robert Jordan... is a lot of writer

— Piers Anthony

I discovered Christopher Isherwood in college. His writing style is so direct, warm, and inclusive.

— Claire Danes

The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came…

— Jackson Browne

My favourite writer is John Maxwell Coetzee.

— Amitava Kumar