Balance Quote by Lynn Nottage

I look at people like Helen Mirren, Emma Thompson, Goldie Hawn, they're the people I want to be.

— Karren Brady

I adore Toni Morrison. I think we would all be better writers if we read more of her.

— Tara Westover

Creatively, most of my influences come from the literary world: Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara. Writers are my heroes.

— Dee Rees

I'm a huge fan of Alice Hoffman, Fred Chappell and Susan Elizabeth Phillips.

— Sarah Addison Allen

I'm a huge fan of Toni Morrison. I just think she's so incredible. And also Nayyirah Waheed, who's a poet.

— Amandla Stenberg

I admire Toni Morrison, Wole Soyinka, Margaret Atwood, James Baldwin, Elizabeth Strout, D. O. Fagunwa, Sefi Atta, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Colm Toibin and Junot…

— Ayobami Adebayo

I'm against the idea that rock stars have to live a life that's completely understandable or predictable to their audience…Maybe I'll just be the…

— Debbie Harry

I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah…

— Dionne Warwick

I feel like nowadays it's almost become a corny thing to say that you want to be a role model or do something good…

— Snoh Aalegra

I was in the company of movie stars, important directors, and powerful business tycoons. I felt like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole.

— Molly Bloom

I'm a big fan of people like Rachel Bilson and Kate Bosworth. I think they're so chic and have this cool edgy-rocker feel. For…

— India de Beaufort

My influences are Alice in Chains and Elton John.

— Christian Kane