I think I have used them all, one way or another, in my writing since I have figured out which fucking way was up. Now Praise Famous Martians. The influence of Eugene O'Neill, the playwright, came just a little later than the people I've talked about. And on and on and on. You can still ask me about any of those writers' lives, and I can usually tell you what they were doing and where they were living in any given year.
Most people have more sense, or are more easily bored.
There is a time to read them. Burroughs is 12. Lovecraft is 17. Wolfe and Thomas are 14. I can't imagine it any other way.