Admire Quote by Kim Edwards

I've been astonished how often, when I convince a writer to tell a story more straightforwardly and to tell it more simply and directly,…

— Alice Mattison

I love an author the more for having been himself a lover of books.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Barrie and the wonderful characters he created, Lewis Carroll, even French literature, like Baudelaire or over in the States, Poe, you open those books,…

— Johnny Depp

I get sent a lot of scripts which feature him as a kind of all-purpose Victorian literary character and really understand little, if anything,…

— Simon Callow

I learned a lot from Russell T. Davies, who is the most wonderful writer.

— Lesley Sharp

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

“A story, whether it be novel, short fiction, screenplay, play or poetry or any form of non-fiction, is like an ecosystem in which everything…

— Andrew Binks

Like most authors, I also love to read.

— Aprilynne Pike

“An author needs a lot more than one person to succumb to his literary seductive charms, but, like Saul, he must realize that he…

— Thomas McCormack

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

Alan Moore's writing is almost novelistic. It's very intricate and wordy and smart.

— Adrianne Palicki

The only thing that's authentic about what a writer writes is his work.

— Bryce Courtenay