The Late Night Cafe Forum Influences

Feel free to share who influences you, whether it be writers, musicians, artists or people in your life. 

The major influences on my writing are:

I think my big ones are Douglas Adams, Alexandre Dumas, Ernest Hemingway, and Stephen Sondheim. People who say a lot without having to write very much really tends to impress me. 

I read all of Douglas Adams' books when I was younger, great stuff! I still have them and read through them every now and then, especially the Dirk Gently books. Ernest Hemingway was an early influence on me as well when I first started writing and exploring literature. The simplicity, like you mentioned, really captured me. It seems like such a straight forward style but it's difficult to master.