I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.
TV critics, who traditionally hate television and make their living writing about it, often didn't like what I did on the air.
I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and trying to imitate it.
I would love to write something that people would still read 50 or 100 years from now. That comes with growing older, I think.
