Looking feminine is important to me. My personal style is fairly traditional. I was definitely influenced by my mother, who always looks elegant, and by Estee’s classic style; she was always in Givenchy or Ungaro.
The way certain men treat women is influenced by the Internet a lot.
Rajini sir has always been a part of my life from childhood. And I entered into filmmaking because I was influenced by his films.
In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley.
I don’t think anything really consciously went into ‘Legend’ that was influenced by videogames, but I’m pretty sure some of my experiences and love for gaming contributed to a few of the factors that are in ‘Legend’.
Jacques Derrida is a very important thinker and philosopher who has made serious contributions to both philosophy and literary criticism. Roland Barthes is the one I feel most affinity for, and Michel Foucault, well, his writing influenced my novel, ‘Middlesex.’
I have been as influenced by music and films as by books.
Everything I do references something that influenced me.
You don’t just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It’s okay to say, ‘My influences are Tin Pan music from Bali and Rihanna.’ There are still so many combinations that haven’t been done yet.
There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success.
Men and women of character raise strong children who are not easily influenced by the media, corrupt schools, bad friends, and the outside world.
The work that has influenced me the most in my anime profession would be, of course, ‘Blade Runner.’
Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully.
One aspect of my mum’s personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films.
I get to listen and enjoy music that is partially mine. Maybe influenced and guided. I created some simple outlines, but ultimately, I’m hearing a derivative work.
People are naming it the Third Wave, the Information Age, etc. but I would say those are basically technological descriptions, and this next shift is not about technology – although obviously it will be influenced and in some cases expressed by technologies.
Over the years, my students influenced me greatly, and I’ve learned many lessons from them. I have an immense amount of respect for them, and I think that respect for your audience is the foremost requirement for anyone who wants to write.
I was really only around country music on the radio, and I think because I grew up so close to Atlanta, and R&B was such a big part of that culture, by proximity I think a lot of that music influenced me without knowing it.
We grew up near a cinematheque in Cleveland, so we were very influenced by international cinema, the French New Wave, Italian neo-realists.
I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa – any sort of foreign film.
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