Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.

When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write.

I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed.

I think I write in a fairly self-confident manner.

I write the shopping column. I think I've proven my superficiality.

I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.