All day Quote by Jane Badler

I was on Murder She Wrote with Angela Lansbury. She was fantastic... she was lovely to everyone, she was always on time, prepared.

— Jane Badler

I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.

— Tanith Lee

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

I was told that the fact that I had nothing but good things to say about Judith Regan distinguished me. I enjoyed writing for…

— Mick Foley

I just loved Bette Davis and the fact that I had a chance to work with her [on the 1979 TV movie Strangers: The…

— Gena Rowlands

Margot [Hentoff] used to write regularly for The Voice, for The New York Review of Books, for Harper's Bazaar, and she really had the…

— Nat Hentoff

Long before I started to write in earnest, Lorrie Moore taught me you could have a woman narrator who was funny and complex and…

— Miranda July

The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and…

— Victor Garber

What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving…

— Alanis Morissette

I read a lot. I liked a tremendous number of poets and writers. The person whose work I liked the most was Joyce.

— Grace Paley

There are many writers who have influenced me and who I enjoy reading, but Lucille Clifton and Gwendolyn Brooks are at the top of…

— Renee Watson

A lot of the traditional sitcom stuff I did - I think I could have gone that route when I was younger as a…

— Brian Posehn