Diplomats Quote by Nadine Gordimer

Can you imagine writers influencing things in America? Can you imagine a writer in England influencing? Absolutely not. And in France? It used to…

— Nadine Gordimer

At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment…

— Salman Rushdie

In America, only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you…

— Geoffrey Cottrell

I mean, if we're concerned genuinely with writing, I think we probably get on with our work. I think this is very true of…

— William Golding

I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.

— Anne Rice

The twentieth century saw a professionalization of fiction writing, particularly in its second half and particularly in the Anglo-Saxon world - not so much…

— Zia Haider Rahman

England gave me a language and literature, the basis of what I am as a writer, but when I started writing more directly about…

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

I am a born novelist, which does not happen all that often. There are people who try to write for a certain time, then…

— Gore Vidal

Most writers live in self-imposed exile, even when they don't leave their country. They prefer the undiscovered country inside their own heads.

— Anthony McCarten

Those were the days in this country where H. G. Wells, Bernard Shaw and Conan Doyle could have influence, and thats gone, thats true.…

— Julian Barnes

I was never academically driven in English, but, again, Tom Waits is a perfect example of an influence. He writes so immaculately and paints…

— Hozier

I think writers are not only writers, they are also citizens.

— Chinua Achebe