It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
AARON SORKINWhen I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor. I was acting in all the school plays. I went to school for acting. I was really sure that that’s what I wanted to do.
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The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one – America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.
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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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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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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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If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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What’s interesting, is that I’ve found that the more accomplished a director is, the more secure they are in giving direction that sounds incredibly unsophisticated.
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Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.
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With a television series, there’s a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you’re not writing well.
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This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
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Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
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I’m sick of girls who don’t know how to high-five.
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Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.
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Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
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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.
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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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