"I guess I just look at someone like Marco and see a guy who figured out, at least for now, how to hook his wagon to a horse that was running in a direction that seemed interesting. And, now, somehow, he’s a man who types things that turn into stuff that makes my and your world a little better.

Given the choice, I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t immediately dump every bit of bullshit you can tolerate dropping in order to locate your nearest horse."

Part Two: http://ratafia.info/post/90532973/transcript-of-howto-149-surprising-ways-to

"Sure, I'm serious. What possible reason could a person have for saying something amusing that's not true? There's no "Fiction" on the web."

Merlin Mann's speech at WordCamp.

Great advice, not just for writing.