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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.

Aaron Sorkin

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 SORKIN

Disagree Look People Scene Two Written
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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Drama Perfection Start Television Theatre Writing
There are television critics, movie critics, and theater critics too who I like and who I follow and I get genuinely bummed when they don’t like something that I’ve written because I usually agree with them.
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Critic Follow Genuinely Television Theater
I think it’s up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
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Compelling Enough People Stuff Thinking Watch Writing
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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Anything Considerable Difficult Fake Learn People Real Rule Tend
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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Afraid Failure Identity Tough Writing
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.
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Bone Close Eight Episode Must Script Tell Writing
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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Audience Member Musician Play Sound
To use a basketball metaphor, West Wing cast was a group that liked to pass as much as they liked to shoot.
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Basketball Group Like Metaphor Pass West Wing
The hardest thing for me is getting started. If I’m writing a script, really 90 per cent of it would be just walking around, climbing the walls, just trying to put the idea together. Then the final 10 per cent would be writing it.
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Afraid Terrible Trying Walking Wall Writing
Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.
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Alan Clarify Division Doe Labor Show Writing
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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Anything Considerable Difficult Fake Learn People Real Rule Tend
Never argue with a drunk or a fool.
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Arguing Drunk Fool never
Writing anything, it sorta starts the way you’d build a castle at the beach. You’re just taking your hands and you’re mounting up sand.
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Beach Build Hand Mountain Sorta Talking Writing
Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
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Citizen Decision Forget World
If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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Change Mind Obligation Strongly Trying

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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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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