The purpose of the Seder to my mind is to inspire conversations with your family about the human drama and hopefully transmit values to the next generation. I've always felt like this could be better.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor. I look forward to exploring family entertainment once again and examining the specifics of our day-to-day lives against the backdrop of an extraordinary adventure.
I use myself as a template for my comedy. So first my background as a Muslim man, my being a doctor, I talk about my family quite a lot, my kids. Anything that resonates with me I talk about. The important thing is it should be able to work in a family setting.
I'm drawn to dramas that make people think. I want to make an impact.
My 20s were peaceful, privileged, but still I felt the desire to write angsty dramas.
If you can sit all generations of a family down and entertain them and, at the same time, leave them talking about existential notions, then that's fantastic.
My goal has always been to just kind of show how my family, we might be a different culture, but we're completely like everybody else.
My purpose is to entertain and please myself. I feel that if I am entertained, then there will be enough other readers who will be entertained, too.
One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they did and had similar life experiences.
Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.
We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid.