I started writing when I was very young, and I have saved just about every poem, thought or story I have ever written. My influences are so diverse and many...I love Shakespeare, e.e. cummings, Dr. Seuss, Shel Silverstein, Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Thomas Harris (who's books were not done justice to)...I communicate raw emotion...if it doesn't convey something important, I'd rather not write at all.