To me, the great joy of writing is discovering. Most writers are told to write about what they know, but I still love the adventure of going out and reporting on things I don't know about.
I found a great many pieces of punctuation and typography lying around dormant when I came along - and I must say I had a good time using them.
We are now in the Me Decade - seeing the upward roll of the third great religious wave in American history.