Coast Quote by Edward Abbey

My favourite writers are columnists.

— John Cooper Clarke

I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut.

— Louis Sachar

I was never academically driven in English, but, again, Tom Waits is a perfect example of an influence. He writes so immaculately and paints…

— Hozier

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.

— Anonymous

I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer.

— Jerry Spinelli

Writers interest me for their style, their obsessions, the ways in which they approach the world.

— Amitava Kumar

I'm a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without paying any attention to labels, conventions or…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I really like my writing class. It's like Freedom Writers but less chocolate people and more social awkwardness. Same amount of teen moms though...

— Anonymous

Harvard meant a lot in my writing life from the beginning, even though I didnt actually do much composition on the spot.

— Seamus Heaney

There's only one common element that united every writer I've admired... they're all incredibly well-read.

— Steve Toltz

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

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.

— Fannie Hurst