America Quote by Nadine Gordimer

Can you imagine a writer in England influencing? Absolutely not. And in France? It used to be, but no more-absolutely not. France used to,…

— Nadine Gordimer

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

— Anne Rice

Incidentally, I am intrigued by how many European and Latin American writers expressed their political views in the columns they routinely wrote or write…

— Pankaj Mishra

There's the fact that American fiction is basically the most apolitical fiction on the globe. A South American writer wouldn't dare think of writing…

— Michael Cunningham

Since its beginnings, American writing has been in dialogue with other literatures.

— Giles Foden

America has had much more respect for its writers because they had to define what America was. America wasn't sure what it was.

— Martin Amis

I consider myself a writer who writes about American expatriates. And if I have any overt cause as a writer besides writing the best…

— Bob Shacochis

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

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

If I had been brought up in America, I think I would still have had the same sort of job as a writer.

— Justin Cartwright

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

— Chinua Achebe

Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country that almost shudders at the idea of creative expression.

— James A. Michener