I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss?
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Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction.
Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions.
Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to be a better writer.
If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.
I think writers are observers and watchers. We always have our ears open and eyes open, so I might see something in everyday life that inspires me. And I think that's probably more than anything else. Everyday life is where I get my inspiration.
Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a scene I saw in a movie. I take inspiration from all different places.
I'm always inspired to write, and it's usually my own life experiences that inspire me.
I've always said I'm more influenced in what I do by artists, and how they work, how they think, and the freedom they're given to work and think, than I really am by other writers.
It's so much easier to write for a person in your life than to write for some imagined readership, so you write something that's more intimate and true.
I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.
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