You learn to write by reading, and my experiences and tastes as a reader are pretty wide.
Justin CroninBut when one is young one must see things, gather experience, ideas; enlarge the mind.
Joseph ConradMy earliest memories are of the civil rights era. My earliest experiences were rage.
Janine di GiovanniI love dessert. I can't be guilty about it because I have to taste everything. I experiment.
Martha Stewart