I have no problem with my hips - I can still do the things that I used to do. I can run, I'm just not the fastest person on the field anymore.
As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else.