Toby Zeigler: There’s literally no one in the world I don’t hate right now.
AARON SORKINPeople who don’t know anything tend to make up fake rules, the real rules being considerably more difficult to learn.
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I’m a registered Republican, I only seem liberal because I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not gay marriage.
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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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My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
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Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.
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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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Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
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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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As a dramatist, you’re looking for points of friction.
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This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
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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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We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
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I’m sick of girls who don’t know how to high-five.
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Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
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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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Never argue with a drunk or a fool.
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There are no Asian movie stars
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As 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.
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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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If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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I’ve never met anyone who has said, “My goal is to make America mediocre.” That’s a kind of hard-right conservative fallacy.
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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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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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Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep can play with the boys but there just aren’t that many tour-de-force roles out there for women.
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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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I think it’s up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
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