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I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into…

— Caitlin Flanagan

There are many writers who have influenced me and who I enjoy reading, but Lucille Clifton and Gwendolyn Brooks are at the top of…

— Renee Watson

I enjoy being influenced by other writers.

— Steve Toltz

I was influenced growing up by everything from Harlequin romances to Fedor Dostoyevsky and Albert Camus, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and later Lydia Davis,…

— Danzy Senna

I have so many favorite writers, it's very hard to select a few... of classic writers, I have always admired Emily Dickinson and Henry…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I was on 'Murder She Wrote' with Angela Lansbury. She was fantastic... she was lovely to everyone, she was always on time, prepared. Whereas…

— Jane Badler

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

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

It wasn't until I was in my teens that I started admiring writers as inspirations for my own work, and my earliest influences there…

— Kelley Armstrong

I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.

— Kenneth Koch

Alanis Morissette - I think she's one of my biggest inspirations.

— Anne-Marie

Probably every book I read influenced me in some small way. Authors like Jan Westcott, Kathleen Winsor, Catherine Cookson, Georgette Heyer, and even Barbara…

— Virginia Henley