black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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

Aaron Sorkin

The thing I know how to do most is write a play. I came up loving plays and learning about plays and writing plays. I actually feel like an outsider when I’m writing movies and television.
AARON SORKIN

Know Loving Most Movie Play Television 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.
AARON SORKIN

Critic Follow Genuinely Television Theater
I’ve never met anyone who has said, “My goal is to make America mediocre.” That’s a kind of hard-right conservative fallacy.
AARON SORKIN

America Conservation Conservative Goal Hard Kind Right
If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
AARON SORKIN

Change Mind Obligation Strongly Trying
People who don’t know anything tend to make up fake rules, the real rules being considerably more difficult to learn.
AARON SORKIN

Anything Considerable Difficult Fake Learn People Real Rule Tend
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.
AARON SORKIN

Class Differently Opposed Screenplay Stage Teleplay Thinking Write Writing
My preference would have been to not go back on the air after 911, at all until the time felt right but that wasn’t an option.
AARON SORKIN

Air Back Been Felt Option Preference Time
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
The guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.
AARON SORKIN

Actress Bar Clear Guy Oscar Winning Woman
Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word ‘census’, and people fall asleep.
AARON SORKIN

Census Certain Episode Fall People Sampling Statis Versus Year
I think it’s up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
AARON SORKIN

Compelling Enough People Stuff Thinking Watch Writing
Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.
AARON SORKIN

Alan Clarify Division Doe Labor Show Writing
The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one – America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.
AARON SORKIN

America Country Greatest Recognizing World
I would love for people to think that I am as quick, clever, smart and heroic as the characters that I write, but those characters are characters.
AARON SORKIN

Character Clever Heroic Love People Quick Smart Write Writing
A hero would die for his country, but he’d much rather live for it.
AARON SORKIN

Country Dies Forever Hero Live
With a television series, there’s a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you’re not writing well.
AARON SORKIN

Deadline Hard Not Well Series Television Write Writing

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

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Aaron Sorkin Quotes