Almost Famous

If you see an essay being forwarded around the Internet, something wise or witty or that tugs at the heart strings or otherwise speaks to some deep inner truth about the human condition, chances are that the famous person whose name appears at the bottom of the essay is not the person who actually wrote it.  Chances are that the person who actually wrote it is a struggling writer who really could use the exposure from people forwarding their work all over the world, but unfortunately someone along the way decided that a lie sells better than the truth.  Even more unfortunately, they were right, because at the end of the day, the people who forward these misattributed works are less interested in the flowery prose and more interested in the idea that someone they've heard of came up with it.

Signed,
Morgan Freeman