Easy Quote by Greg Iles

Im not one of those authors who claims to hear voices in my head or let the characters speak through me, whatever that might…

— Robin Wasserman

Having a voice unlike another means you've "found yourself" as a writer.

— Lee Klein

The fiction I've written and published is certainly inflected by the work of authors I was reading or translating at the time. One of…

— Adam Morris

Most fiction writers are driven to find their own 'voice,' but I am more interested in the voices of others.

— Sheila Heti

I don't want to be influenced as to what I write in the next book, to hear those voices in my head when I'm…

— Maggie O'Farrell

I'm not one of those authors who claims to hear voices in my head or 'let the characters speak through me,' whatever that might…

— Robin Wasserman

All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice.

— Thomas Perry

The thing a writer has to avoid is being the 'voice' of his people and pretending he can speak for them.

— Derek Walcott

It's easier to cast yourself in something you've written because you know your voice.

— Nicole Byer

If you don't have a unique voice, then you're not really a writer.

— Kate Atkinson

Never hesitate to imitate another writer - every person learning a craft or an art needs models. Eventually you'll find your own voice and…

— William Zinsser

Writing allows for fictitious voices - the voices of persons unlike myself - that might otherwise be muted.

— Joyce Carol Oates