Criticism Quote by Greil Marcus

I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different, and I…

— Nell Freudenberger

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

I became a writer because during several of the most important years of my life, writing seemed to me to be the most unreal,…

— William Saroyan

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

— Tom T. Hall

Salinger is such a terrific writer; he did so many great things. He is one of those writers that I still reread, simply because…

— Robert Cormier

The author with the greatest influence on me is my friend Stephen Harrigan, who critiques everything I write before I even bother to show…

— Elizabeth Crook

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

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 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 have dipped into Ian McEwan and so on. I tend not to stick with one writer. But I dip in here and there.

— John Gimlette

There's a marvelous and unique man named Frank Gilroy. He's the only writer I know who absolutely, pointedly refuses to do any changes that…

— Rod Serling

Probably every book I read influenced me in some small way. Authors like Jan Westcott, Kathleen Winsor, Catherine Cookson, Georgette Heyer, and even Barbara…

— Virginia Henley