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.
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.
More Aaron Sorkin Quotes
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This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
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I don’t believe there are two sides to every argument. I think the facts are the center. And watching the news abandon the facts in favor of “fairness” is what’s troubling to me.
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If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.
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Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I’m going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.
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I 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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If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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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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Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens that try to destroy it? Toby: God bless America.
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It wouldn’t kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.
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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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Toby: All right. It couldn’t have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building…is our talent.
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If 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.
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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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Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
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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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I grew up in the theatre. It’s where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.
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My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
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The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one – America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.
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People who don’t know anything tend to make up fake rules, the real rules being considerably more difficult to learn.
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Never argue with a drunk or a fool.
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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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I’ll get cast occasionally as sort of the jerk version of myself, and I have fun doing that. But it’s really better for everyone if I stay behind the camera.
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Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
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I think that if I couldn’t write, I would be unemployable.
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Toby: All right. It couldn’t have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building…is our talent.
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