Sometimes doing a movie for a short period of time is better than committing eight months to a television show.
We may overcompensate for our feelings of powerlessness by attempting to control and manipulate other people and our environment. Or we may eventually burst forth with uncontrolled rage that is highly exaggerated and distorted by its long suppression.
The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all 'bottom line' editors; everything depends on the money.

