When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that’s not going to be me.
AARON SORKINToby: All right. It couldn’t have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building…is our talent.
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Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.
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Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
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I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing, and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works.
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A hero would die for his country, but he’d much rather live for it.
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I’m sick of girls who don’t know how to high-five.
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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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Film doesn’t have to worry. Movies are awesome. There’s no war going on, theaters aren’t going to lose.
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There are no Asian movie stars
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Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.
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It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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I don’t think I write differently when I’m writing a screenplay, as opposed to a stage play or a teleplay. Maybe if I were in a film class and there was time to think about it, we could point out differences.
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Any 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.
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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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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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With a television series, there’s a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you’re not writing well.
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