Book Quote by Samuel West

I'm lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer there's ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow…

— Samuel West

The one author who has influenced my writing the most is the English writer John Fowles, who wrote 'The French Lieutenant's Woman,' 'The Magus,'…

— Elizabeth George

I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy or reread - Muriel Spark, Anthony…

— Ian Rankin

In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book than he ever could have been in the flesh; since, being…

— Charles Horton Cooley

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

One of my favorite writers is Michel de Montaigne. My wife gave me a beautiful 17th-century edition of Montaigne's essays translated by John Florio.…

— Stephen Greenblatt

I think nobody since has written such extraordinary work as Shakespeare writes. The characters he writes are full of inconsistencies, which is a great…

— Jeremy Irons

Writers are voracious readers. Once I unlocked the mystery of the alphabet that led to words, a multitude of words connecting me to the…

— Gloria Naylor

I love writing literary stuff. My favorite writer is definitely Edgar Allan Poe - so imaginative and prolific. My second favorite writer would have…

— MC Lars

The writers or artists I write about are not necessarily those I care most about (Shakespeare is still my favourite writer) but those whose…

— Susan Sontag

I love an author the more for having been himself a lover of books.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me.

— Walter Raleigh