Better Quote by Kimberly Willis Holt

I enjoy being influenced by other writers.

— Steve Toltz

My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for…

— Patricia MacLachlan

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

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

Writing is incidental to my primary objective, which is spinning a good yarn. I view myself as a storyteller more than a writer. The…

— Ashwin Sanghi

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

I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.

— Kenneth Koch

I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I wasn't inspired so much by a person as by reading many good books. I loved to write and I wondered if I might…

— Peg Kehret

One of the gifts of being a writer is that it gives you an excuse to do things, to go places and explore. Another…

— Anne Lamott

The writing is really important in books that affect me. I read for the writing. The story is usually of less interest to me.…

— James Salter

Sometimes reading other writers helps. You learn some little technique that turns out to be useful, or simply are reinspired by the amazing things…

— Matthew Tobin Anderson