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 SORKINI think it’s up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
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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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If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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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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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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We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
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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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Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.
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I’m sick of girls who don’t know how to high-five.
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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.
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I think that if I couldn’t write, I would be unemployable.
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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.
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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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I’m a playwright. All I care about is the play being good.
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It’s important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. ‘The West Wing’ isn’t meant to be good for you.
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I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing, and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works.
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Toby: All right. It couldn’t have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building…is our talent.
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As a dramatist, you’re looking for points of friction.
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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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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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Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
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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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It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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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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I think it’s up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
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Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
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The guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.
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