Amalgamation Quote by Robert E. Howard

How I conned the Grand Wizard, David Duke, and his coterie of followers... It has defined me in ways I never could have imagined.

— Ron Stallworth

I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist.

— Karin Slaughter

They rode like men invested with a purpose whose origins were antecedent to them, like blood legatees of an order both imperative and remote.…

— Cormac McCarthy

“You survived upon the companionship of your imagination. You survived upon the companionship of Conan of Cimmeria and Arwen Undómiel; you lived in a…

— Hope Nicholson

The influences I had were all people with versatile interests who had a large world view.

— Robin Lopez

“Impatient of the veiling with which the man of higher type gives the world imaginative meaning, the barbarian and the Philistine, who is the…

— Smith III, Ted J

I focused on how these people became how they were.

— Luther Allison

A cheap and easy cynicism rails at everything. The master of the art accomplishes the formidable task of discrimination.

— Ambrose Bierce

Rampant eclecticism is my middle name.

— Linda Ronstadt

I didn't know your identity, but I had an impression of who my opponent was, being surrounded by things you made.

— Erin Morgenstern

Our experience on 'Avatar' heavily influenced how we approached 'The Dragon Prince' and how we built our team.

— Aaron Ehasz

As I get older, I'm sort of fascinated with the idea of somebody who could construct an entire persona for themselves - one that…

— Will Arnett