Dip Quote by John Gimlette

When it comes to writers, I'm a huge fan of Ian McEwan. I've never taken a writing course, but reading and deconstructing his novels…

— Deborah Copaken Kogan

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

— Fannie Hurst

I still think that of all the people doing top fiction today, John D. MacDonald is the best.He was my model as a kid.…

— Stephen King

I'm very much a writer at heart.

— Jamelle Bouie

I enjoy being influenced by other writers.

— Steve Toltz

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

— Steve Toltz

I adore the company of other writers because they are so often lively minds and, frequently, blazingly funny. And of course, we get each…

— Scott Turow

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

J.P. Donleavy - now he's one writer I am consistent with. He's written books that I can definitely connect with. He has amazing insights…

— Van Morrison

I'm clearly not a writer, but I'm always a fan of them.

— Michael Pena

I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers.

— Barry Eisler

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