America Quote by Neil Gaiman

I realized the other day that about the only author I genuinely read for pure pleasure is one of the worst authors in the…

— Neil Gaiman

If you ask people if they enjoy crime novels, they'll say, 'Oh, my guilty pleasure is...' then name a really brilliant crime writer.

— Sophie Hannah

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The only writer who gives me unfeigned pleasure is P.G. Wodehouse. And even him I find a bit heavy. He takes a lot out…

— Martin Amis

In fiction, I have a residual guilt when I focus on story over language or mood or whatever - the more "literary" things. In…

— Nick Antosca

The truth is that the writers who most influenced me weren't people categorized as crime writers. I'd say I learned more from John O'Hara,…

— Elmore Leonard

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

All good writers inspire me as I have never thought I was any good. As far as a writer who made me think I…

— Henry Rollins

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

— Truman Capote

“Theoretically there's no reason one should get [writer's block], if one understands that writing, after all, is only writing, neither something one ought to…

— John Gardner

My favourite writers are always great storytellers, like Bruce Springsteen; I adore Bruce Springsteen. I feel like he doesn't beat around the bush, and…

— Sam Fender

I have dipped into Ian McEwan and so on. I tend not to stick with one writer. But I dip in here and there.

— John Gimlette