There is nothing quite so depressing as waking up to face a day when you know that you are going to have to deal with a government office or bureaucrat.
We've got a first class leader at the moment. David Cameron is dealing with the issues that he was left by the last government very well indeed.
Other people can write grown-up, political plays about the troubles in the world. My plays deal with magic and hope.
To me, elegy suggests that there is hope, and in some respects you've moved past the loss and are able to deal with it and to write about it.
Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.
When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.
Just like the poles of a magnet, some people are drawn to death and others are repulsed by it, but we all have to deal with it.
Contemplation of life after retirement and life after death can help you deal with contemporary challenges.
The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death.
Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.
Dreams can still come true; you need a great deal of energy and determination, and a little bit of luck.
I don't think God cares if I wear nail polish or not. I don't think that's a deal breaker for him.
That's what a god is. Somebody who knows more than you do about whatever you're dealing with.
Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the CIA's overall charter.
Doing the soaps, every day it's constant training. Dealing with camera angles, the other people - it's great training.
My mother was a woman who was very frustrated. She had a great deal of ability, and all this energy went into me and my brother.
At drama school, I always picked the really evil roles. It's a great way to deal with your everyday emotions.
The thing about the classics it that they are such great characters, they have a great deal of depth and different layers to them. I always find that very stimulating to play.
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.
When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.
