Hey Michael - Interesting stuff you've written about fame and success. Someday I would like to find out for myself if I can handle success. Of course, some people can and do it well. But all you have to do is watch VH-1s BEHIND THE MUSIC to see how many bands and musicians make those same mistakes over and over. The point I was trying to make is that show biz is a rough biz, even on the less "celebrated" levels. I know a lot of people who work in film production and they are constantly having to alternate between being too much at home to being never at home. They might spend six months or more away on location, or practically hibernate in an editor's room for months at a time. Lots of people in Hollywood work 12 and 14 hour days and even their socializing is about schmoozing with others in the biz. It's true that as people become successful that they change friends and find less time for the ones who aren't with them at the top. I am very much agreed that those kinds of friends are generally not the true kind. I can tell that when I get screen writing work or my name has been mentioned in the trades, I get more invitations to parties and people from the past seem to come out of the woodwork, all of which have a favor they'd like to ask. Let me say that if I ever do achieve that very big success, I know who my true blue friends are and I am holding on to every last one of them. Have a great week, everybody. Clark NP: Pat Metheny - Imaginary Day
