I think that if I couldn’t write, I would be unemployable.
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The guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.
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Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
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This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
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It’s populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.
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I like workplace shows and White House was a very glamorous workplace to set a show in; it appealed to a sense of romanticism and idealism that I have.
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To use a basketball metaphor, West Wing cast was a group that liked to pass as much as they liked to shoot.
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Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I’m writing episode seven now and couldn’t tell you what happens in episode eight.
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Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
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We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
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Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.
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I’m terribly afraid of failure. When your identity is wrapped up in writing and you’ve written something that doesn’t work, it’s a tough pill to swallow.
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That’s a very real feeling – that I don’t have a story to tell. I’m not a pure storyteller. I have a tough time with story.
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It seems to me that more and more we’ve come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change.
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I’m sick of girls who don’t know how to high-five.
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Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
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