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There’s a great tradition in storytelling that’s thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that’s really what I wanted to do.

Aaron Sorkin

Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.
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Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
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A hero would die for his country, but he’d much rather live for it.
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There are no Asian movie stars
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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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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’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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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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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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Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
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You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we’re presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated – not nearly as black and white as we’re led to believe.
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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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I think it’s up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
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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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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.
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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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