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.
AARON SORKINDecisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
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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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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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Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
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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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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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My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
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It’s populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.
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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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I think it’s up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
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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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When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that’s not going to be me.
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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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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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Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
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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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