In his case...I guess the simplest answer is that it makes me think. He can come up with fantastical ideas or surreal scenarios, but they all seem to look at humanity, in a way.

[Which might be a strange, abstract sort of answer, but it's what comes to mind. Haise likes delving into details and motivations, not just of characters either]

Sometimes, I wonder what he was thinking about, or about his influences.