Throughout school my report cards read, "Midge talks a lot". 

That wasn't career advice??

I talk for a living.  I love it. I love everything about it, and it really beats cracking rocks on a chain gang.  Yes, those were my only two career options. 

There are a few things in which I believe:  words matter, whether it's a "bit" or a long-form narration, I treat words as if they cost money.  Use the "right words, said right" and it won't clutter up the message.  I believe in melody, rhythm, linear thought progression, and making nothing sound like something.  I believe my father was slighty crazy to think the "Cremation of Sam McGee" was a good bedtime story...