Characters Quote by Kenneth Bonert

Well, when I was a young writer the people we read were Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Sartre, Camus, Celine, Malraux. And to begin with, I was…

— Mordecai Richler

I tried to fortify myself with the best nonfiction and fiction I could lay my hands on, from the essays of James Baldwin and…

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

I've been around many different lives, many different voices. It was amazing material for a writer.

— Dee Rees

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

— Sheila Heti

For me, the main inspiration to write a story or novel is the voice of its central character, or the narrative voice of the…

— Scott Bradfield

I grew up feeling voiceless and powerless as a kid. I turned to books - fantasy books in particular - to give me comfort.…

— Sabaa Tahir

“To the average person, voices in your head may be worrisome, especially if you answer them out loud, but to a writer, these voices…

— Megan Denby

Of course, there are hundreds of novels and authors that have influenced me. But to choose three, they are: Stephen King/The Stand (and really…

— Megan Chance

I knew very early on I wanted to be a television writer. My teachers told me I was a strong writer and had a…

— Lena Waithe

When I was a kid I did impressions and funny voices a lot. When I was telling a story I would use the voices…

— Gabriel Iglesias

I was really exposed to great old-time literature - the classics, the poetic realists like Strindberg and Ibsen and all those guys. I was…

— Kurt Sutter

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