Storytelling Advice From Ira Glass

I'm totally piggybacking on Russell's enthusiasm for Ira Glass and want to link to it for my own future use. 

For Ira, the keys to telling a good story are...

1. having a good anecdote (sequence of events) and a good meaningful moment of reflection (what the story means)
2. generating enough stuff/stories to get lucky and find the one good really great one.
3. enjoy the killing.  It's important to kill lots of crap so you can get to the good stuff.
4. being yourself.  Don't try to talk like people on TV.
5. being interested in the other persons story.  Don't try to make the story about you.  The drama comes from the interaction between the characters in the story. 
6. allow your storytelling ability time to catch up with your taste.  It takes a long time to get good at it basically.