#influences

I just want to be told a story, and I want to believe I'm living that story, and I don't give a thought to influences or method or any other writerly concerns. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#believe #concerns #give #i #influences

As an adolescent, Vonnegut made my life bearable. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#life

For there is no creature whose inward being is so strong that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it. ↗

— George Eliot

#influences #life #thoughts #life

Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences. ↗

— Gordon Waller

#artists #brothers #elvis #elvis presley #everly