His Quote by Steve Toltz

And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.

— Little Milton

There are authors like David Foster Wallace or Raymond Chandler - with voice-based authors I might end up a completist, because what I love…

— Steve Toltz

I'm heavily influenced by Edward Ardizzone, how he has people talking in little speech bubbles. I love those. And also Edward Gorey. Those are…

— Lynne Rae Perkins

Philip Seymour Hoffman - I just think he's incredible.

— Brooklyn Decker

Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to imitate.

— Leslie Fiedler

I've always looked up to Amy Poehler and, obviously, people like Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Mel Brooks, and the 'Monty Python' guys.

— Andy Samberg

I was pretty partial to Kerouac and I also liked Flannery O'Connor and the Southern Gothic writing and local writers, like Jesse Stewart. They…

— Tyler Childers

My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson.

— Paloma Faith

David Attenborough... has that wonderful, breathy voice, and he's always so fascinated by what he's seeing. There's nothing about him that I can't find…

— Jane Birkin

Carol Burnett, Gilda Radner, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are my comedic influences. I like a lot of dudes, too, like Bill Murray and Will Ferrell.

— Kaitlin Olson

What brought me to the table was Raymond Chandler and, to a lesser degree, Ross Macdonald and Dashiell Hammett. I was basically inspired to…

— Michael Connelly

Pete Davidson - he's in the movie 'Trainwreck.' He has a small part in it. I told Lorne Michaels about him, said he was…

— Bill Hader