Many Quote by Jim Starlin

As for the writers who have influenced me they are many. Hemingway, Chandler, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, William Goldman, Flannery O'Conner, Carson…

— Joe R. Lansdale

I'm sure I've been influenced by every fine writer I've ever read, from Dickens and Austen to Auden and Jane Hirshfield. And also, the…

— Amy Bloom

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

If you ask me now, I think every single writer whose work I've read has had some influence upon me, and I continue to…

— Vera Nazarian

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

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 read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me.

— Peter Benchley

If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.

— Sadie Jones

My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.

— Kevin McCloud

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

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

Like many writers, I'm usually more interested in reading about authors than their actual works. We're more curious to know how they were written…

— Hallgrimur Helgason