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I’m a playwright. All I care about is the play being good.

Aaron Sorkin

The stuff that I write doesn’t work very well as background music. You have to watch it from beginning to end and pay attention as if you were watching a play.
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Background Beginning End Music Play Stuff Watch Writing
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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Able Back Coming Idea Resist Series Sure
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
When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that’s not going to be me.
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Direct Directors Going Not Want Writing
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
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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Barometric Believe Gay Hurricane Liberal Pressure Registered Republican
There are no Asian movie stars
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Asian Movie No Star
Toby: All right. It couldn’t have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building…is our talent.
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Building Gone Right Somewhere Talent Toby
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
When I feel that something I’m writing is going well, everything in my life is good and the things in my life that aren’t good are completely manageable. If it’s not going well, Miss America could be standing there in a swimsuit handing me a nobel price and I wouldn’t be happy about it
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Academy Award Father Guinea Insist Pig Respect Roxy Sorkin Won
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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Awesome Film Going Movie Theatre War Worry
Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
AARON SORKIN

Citizen Decision Forget World
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.
AARON SORKIN

Afraid Failure Identity Tough Writing
I want to convey that I’m crazy about the Kardashians – but I’m not sure which is which.
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Convey Crazy Kardashian Not Sure Want
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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Consider Dialogue Important Intrusion Mean Necessary Plot Snappy 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

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