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.
AARON SORKINIf you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
More Aaron Sorkin Quotes
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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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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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The downside to series television is that the schedule is ferocious. It constantly feels like you have a midterm due that you haven’t started yet.
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There’s that process of writing it – then you come out of your room into the sunlight, and you now have to complete the circuit and make the connection finally with the audience.
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A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
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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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Toby: All right. It couldn’t have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building…is our talent.
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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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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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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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I want to convey that I’m crazy about the Kardashians – but I’m not sure which is which.
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I’m a playwright. All I care about is the play being good.
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It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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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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Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.
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