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

I always devise a background so that it makes what your character goes through logical and keeps up the continuity.

Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.

I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.

Once I start writing about something, it goes off rather fast, and sometimes details which might be interesting such as what the room looked like or what somebody said that was not exactly on the same subject tend to get lost.

I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.

I do read a lot. I read more than I watch movies.

I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.

I spend a lot of time reading.

Before I write the first page of a novel, I spend a long time creating detailed backgrounds for my characters. I imagine the experiences that have formed them, what makes them happy, angry, fearful, and what they yearn for.