I am quite melancholy so more often than not it is shown in my work. Favorite writers are: Emily Dickinson, E. A. Poe, The Brontes, Wordsworth, H. P. Lovecraft, Victor Hugo, Anne Rice, R. W. Emerson, and Stephen King.
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities. — Dr. Seuss