Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I’m going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.
AARON SORKINRoxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I’m going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.
AARON SORKINThe guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.
AARON SORKINAny time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That’s what I look for.
AARON SORKINIf I get an idea for a series that I really like, I’m sure I won’t be able to resist coming back and doing it.
AARON SORKINI’ve never met anyone who has said, “My goal is to make America mediocre.” That’s a kind of hard-right conservative fallacy.
AARON SORKINThere are no Asian movie stars
AARON SORKINTo use a basketball metaphor, West Wing cast was a group that liked to pass as much as they liked to shoot.
AARON SORKINWhat’s interesting, is that I’ve found that the more accomplished a director is, the more secure they are in giving direction that sounds incredibly unsophisticated.
AARON SORKINAs an audience member, I like the sound of something that’s been written – I like it to sound written. And then, of course, you can’t do it without the musicians who can play it.
AARON SORKINMy resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
AARON SORKINWe live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
AARON SORKINElite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.
AARON SORKINDecisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
AARON SORKINAs a dramatist, you’re looking for points of friction.
AARON SORKINOnly criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
AARON SORKINI consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue. But when I’m writing, the way the words sound is as important to me as what they mean.
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