American writer Quote by Kiran Desai

Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote.

— Truman Capote

I am very indebted to southern writers and not just Flannery O'Connor. Also Harry Crews, Larry Brown, Tennessee Williams, Barry Hannah and William Gay.

— Donald Ray Pollock

I learned to be a regional writer by reading people like Flannery O'Connor. She was a huge influence.

— David Almond

I'm a big John Steinbeck fan. Cormac McCarthy. I've always loved the stories of regular people. Mark Twain, too. When you look back at…

— Lucas Neff

Jerome Charyn is one of the most important writers in American literature and one of only three now writing whose work makes me truly…

— Michael Chabon

I'm an enormous fan of American literature, and especially the great novels of Larry McMurtry, 'Lonesome Dove,' Cormac McCarthy, Elmore Leonard.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

Flannery O'Connor is my creative hero. I think she's the greatest American writer. Her book, 'Mystery and Manners,' is my creative bible.

— Scott Derrickson

Truman Capote was a magical, beautiful writer.

— Lisa Unger

I've always liked authors such as Philip K. Dick and Ray Bradbury.

— Bill Pullman

I took a fiction-writing workshop my sophomore year at Northwestern, and I hadn't yet read Junot Diaz or George Saunders, Flannery O'Connor. There was…

— Karen Russell

I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more.

— Madhur Bhandarkar

The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists. They, indeed, are not great writers, but they speak the language of their…

— Alexis de Tocqueville