 To me, writing always begins with reading. So I said to myself, OK, let's read all the big novels about moneymaking in America. And I was surprised to find that there are very few of those. Which was actually great news. That meant he could corner that very particular literary market. So that was his step one, reading books. But if there isn't much out there in the way of books to read, on to step two. He shall read old, dusty papers.