Preflop Hand Selection

[RickyG]

How important is preflop hand selection? I think I play pretty solid poker on the flop but I have a feeling I am playing too loose preflop. There are different authors that seem to have different views (ciaffone tight, stuart loose) but I was wondering what the general consensus was. Because of the myriad of starting hands there are it's hard to have a sklansky like starting hand table, but what general guidelines do you guys use for non-premium starting hands?