Clue Quote by Shaun Ryder

Despite his dodgy politics, Yeats remains an inspiration for his genius and the simple fact that the older he got, the better he wrote.

— David Benioff

When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats.

— Howard Nemerov

Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young…

— Anne Stevenson

I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right…

— Chinua Achebe

My two great heroes are W. B. Yeats and Fernando Garcia Lorca.

— Leonard Cohen

My two great heroes are W. B. Yeats and Federico García Lorca.

— Leonard Cohen

Anthony Mackie is better at being Sam Wilson than I am. So I embrace his ideas.

— Kari Skogland

I certainly thought of who [Tony from "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore"] was. He was so different from anyone I've…

— Elijah Wood

Sam Kinison was one of the most compulsive people I'd ever seen. James Belushi was that way, and Chris Farley was that way. He…

— Tim Matheson

Richard Branson once said: 'Tony's very good at selling bands and he's very good at making television programmes. But he'll never be great at…

— Tony Wilson

I liked working with Tom Christopher as he was great as Hawk, and Wilfred Hyde White but I wished it were in a different…

— Gil Gerard

I feel close to Lloyd in 'Say Anything'. He was like a super-interesting version of me. Only I'm not as good as him. Whatever…

— John Cusack