In Paris we have bistros, then we have fine dining. In London, you have a very contemporary scene with mixed influences.
I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.
It is impossible to advance new theories... when you are under the influence of a particular view, or under the pressure of a particular dogma.
There are always different influences each season. It could be a person, it could be a piece of furniture; it depends on what I'm obsessing about.
My influences have been what I call my four Bs - the primary one being the blues, then Borges, Baraka, and Bearden.
I want to see life through a spiritual perspective, so I can make choices that influence eternity.
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the 500, he reaches the five hundred thousand.
Doonesbury had the requisite and overwhelming influence in 1980, as it did on any college cartoonist who was paying attention, of course.
What always made me proud - almost blushing with pride - is that Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg all told me that 'The Conformist' is their first modern influence.
I have heard some stuff that might be influenced by my records, but it's usually pretty wacky and off-the-wall, which is kind of annoying, to be frank.
I definitely am a huge lover of comedy, and it's only through doing so many comedies that I've realised how much of an influence they've been on me.
I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor and party hatred are the last serpents which the genius of patriotism can crush.
You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.
To have influence, you really don't need to have power. But what you need more than anything else is to have that almost uncanny understanding of what matters to people.
Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.
We spend our lives striving to be persons of influence and consequence, when all that is required is to consistently do good to others.
The original Byrds were very much Beatles-influenced, and then we gradually got our own sound. We started mixing things together more.
Athletes, coaches and parents today are increasingly aware of the danger of concussion, and this awareness influences decisions about buying new and reconditioned football helmets.
Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.
The most insidous influence on the young is not violence, drugs, drink or sexual perversion, but our pursuit of the trivial and tolerance of the third rate.
Postman is a media analyst and his theory is that television doesn't influence our culture, but that it is our culture and the presidency and anything that relies on television.
