Any other illness, any other disease that we're faced with, there's sympathy and understanding. We get help for those. With mental illness, our go-to is to categorize them as, 'Oh, they're crazy,' to belittle the problem.
'For Whom the Bell Tolls' was a problem which I carried on each day. I knew what was going to happen in principle. But I invented what happened each day I wrote.
People have to see that there is a high degree of complexity about belonging to a gang. It's a symptom, not a problem.
So benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards, right?
My big problem with Hillary and the Department of State where Benghazi is concerned is there is just no accountability.
When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.
I'm not an economist, but I have spent time around thousands of small-business owners and investors, and I remain skeptical - despite the best intentions of the Fed - that even lower interest rates can make a meaningful dent in our unemployment problem.
I think it's a problem when journalists have the title of their article before they do the interview, because it biases the way they conduct it.
Frankly, a lot of candidates have no problem being sold to the highest bidder if it means they will win.
Being such a big band is never a problem but it can be distracting.
The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting.
Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation.
My feeling is that if you can make a big impact on the global literacy problem, you can uplift a big portion of society.
Here, the broader issues are already familiar, and discussion has focused at a more sophisticated and detailed level. Within the philosophy of mind, the problem of consciousness is no big news.
Every breakthrough business idea begins with solving a common problem. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity. I discovered a big one when I took apart an IBM PC. I made two interesting discoveries: The components were all manufactured by other companies, and the system that retailed for $3,000 cost about $600 in parts.
What would you rather do? Fix a small problem well or answer a small problem well or flail around at the big ones and pay a lot of lip service?
The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.
When scientists are asked what they are working on, their response is seldom 'Finding the origin of the universe' or 'Seeking to cure cancer.' Usually, they will claim to be tackling a very specific problem - a small piece of the jigsaw that builds up the big picture.
Well, capitalism is a big problem, because with capitalism you're just going to keep buying and selling things until there's nothing else to buy and sell, which means gobbling up the planet.
I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.