Become Quote by Kenneth Koch

I was kind of influenced by, for example, the meaning of words in songs, that's kind of my poetry that gives me a lot…

— Steve Wozniak

You can't be too influenced by a great poet. You simply have to live through it.

— Kenneth Koch

I think poetry is the only domain where a writer you like can truly be said to influence you, because you read and reread…

— Michel Houellebecq

I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.

— Kenneth Koch

I've always said I'm more influenced in what I do by artists, and how they work, how they think, and the freedom they're given…

— James Frey

I think of myself as a poet. I grew up with poetic influences - what I know from my background is the bardic poetry,…

— Donovan

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

To cast aside from Poetry, all that is not Inspiration

— William Blake

I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets,

— Anonymous

I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe.

— Jack Prelutsky

I have always felt like an artist when I work on a book. I see no reason why the word should always be confined…

— Barbara Tuchman

I try not to be influenced when it comes to being creative, just in order to sustain my own voice and character. However, I…

— Doc Brown