I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.
There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.
In my situation there are often things I need to do for the team, so when I get the chance to relax it's all I want to do.
Activists are generally doers - rather than watching television and thinking about the world they will put there energies into doing something 'active' to change the (political) situation.
You know, whenever somebody comes in, in any situation - whether it's a poker game or a bobsled team or a band - it's gonna change things. And sometimes significantly.
An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.
You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.
For me, the family is more important, of course! I don't want to change my family, or situation, for work. But I think it is possible for these things not to fight each other.
As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.
When there's an emergency weather situation, the local broadcaster is the source of information that often makes the difference between life and death.
As an Egyptian, I was always frustrated, just like many young Egyptians, of the situation in the country. And to a large extent, we didn't know what could we do. And looking at Khaled's photo after his death; basically I just felt that we are all Kha...
Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.
It's always great playing with other musicians. It's also a great situation where I'm the older guy, I've influenced generations of guitar players.
I learned early in life that laughter is a great way to diffuse and uncomfortable situation, so I began to use that as a tool, throughout my life.
Not that I wouldn't have been equally happy to see the old buddies and see it all start up again that way. But this was more of a work situation, and a very good one.
What happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history and morality?
I believe the only measure of government response shouldn't be how much we spend on a situation, but rather how well we spend.
Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made available, there will be a big improvement in the situation.
None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.
Without a Mayaguez, or something comparable that we don't see in the immediate future, there is probably no one thing the President can do to himself to turn this situation around.
Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.
