A slave to cookery books or a free spirit?

All my friends are brilliant cooks but some follow recipes slavishly whilst others improvise.

I fall into the latter category, never having all the ingredients listed in recipes and always keen to use up leftover bits and bobs.

So I read recipes avidly (usually in bed), then ignore them when I'm in the kitchen.

This does mean, of course, that no two meals ever taste the same but they are nearly always delicious (according to devoted DH).

Am I alone in wilfully following my culinary instincts or are there other rebels out there who also like to improvise?