i've been wanting to know this for a while, but thanks to the board administrators i wasn't confirmed for about six months but bless them for my account's sake, who all is ben majorly influenced by as far as writers and authors go? i see a lot of romanticism in his lyrics and of course modern writing as well. i'd just like to know some of his favorite writers.

i don't know if this was in a dicussion before, i apologize if so.

jack kerouac.

okay.. that one is a known truth.. but are there anymore?

Hall and Oats?

that is a musical influence.

i am asking for influences from literature, like authors.

Ask Ben.

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Originally posted by .Smeared Image.:
who all is ben majorly influenced by

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Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, and Woody Allen

isn't woody allen a director?

or is he both?

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Originally posted by ThePastAndPending:
isn't woody allen a director?

or is he both?

He writes the movies, too. In every movie I've seen of his, his character is usually some kind of writer... so I guess he writes about himself being a writer. He's like a super writer haha.

Woody Allen does write all of the movies he directs. And he's also written a couple of books. And I know that "Death of an Interior Decorator" is based on Allen's film, "Interiors." And Ben seems concerned a lot with death, same as Allen.

I've been wanting to see interiors for a while now, but they don't have it at Blockbuster.

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Originally posted by fadedmagic:
Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, and Woody Allen

Oscar Wilde? Is that true?

what? a nineteenth century, irish author?

I've never heard of Ben being influenced by him. I'm wondering where fadedmagic found this information. I personally love Oscar Wilde.

And I've seen Interiors....Its interesting, listening to the song once you've seen the movie.