Writing

My favorite author is Tom Robbins... Not because his stories are the best, or because he uses language in an unbelievable way. It's because it's real, for all of their outlandishness, they capture some "essence" of life. The stories have a side that is described so realistically that you can't help but to love them.
How does an author find such a place? how do I take my stories, and bring them to a place that is both crazy, and true?
If I could meet Tom, I would ask him things like:
What is your favorite thing to eat with oatmeal?
Do you like to write? If so, what feelings does it give you?
are you a Taurus? I am, so I figured you might be.

Well OK, so I can't think of good questions... I mean I don't want him to think I'm an asshole. I need deep, creative, new questions. We might as well not talk about his books at all. That would get him. Well Tom, keep writing, I'll try to keep up reading, and maybe we will meet up sometime.

P.S.
my poem about lexiconal sets was reallllllly bad, I didn't like it at all. I think bad Ideas should just be left to sit and die sometimes.
-Alex