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One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just infested with lots of stuff.

I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they're thinking.

I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to have.

Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups.

There are probably many, many people who are better writers than me.

I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.

Writers have opinions - that, in part, is why they write. Therefore they have strong likes and dislikes.

And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.

If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.