Anyway, in my writing I've always been interested in finding places to stand, and I've found it very useful to have a direct experience of what I'm writing about.

I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.

I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.

Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.

...-compost is trucked in; some crops also receive fish emulsion along with their water and a side dressing of pelleted chicken manure. Over the winter a cover crop of legumes is planted to build up nitrogen in the soil.

The dangerous pileup of modifiers is a hallmark of Joel's rhetorical style.