All of them, or at least all but two or three. Life is much simpler ignoring reviews and the nasty people who write them. Critics should find meaningful work. Because you increasingly write about social issues, you're sometimes compared now to Dickens. I'm not sure anyone has influenced my style, but if I could emulate anyone it would be Steinbeck.
Lawyers dream of escaping, preferably with the money.
I've known several who tried it. I've been several times with church groups, and our mission each trip is to build a small chapel for a local congregation, and also to provide medical care to the sick. It's always satisfying. Of course, it provides a rich landscape for the fiction.