My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
AARON SORKINAnd a wheat thin the size of Lake Tahoe.
More Aaron Sorkin Quotes
-
-
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.
AARON SORKIN -
With a television series, there’s a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you’re not writing well.
AARON SORKIN -
If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
AARON SORKIN -
Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I’m going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.
AARON SORKIN -
Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
AARON SORKIN -
The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one – America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.
AARON SORKIN -
If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
AARON SORKIN -
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 -
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.
AARON SORKIN -
I’m a registered Republican, I only seem liberal because I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not gay marriage.
AARON SORKIN -
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 -
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 SORKIN -
I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue. But when I’m writing, the way the words sound is as important to me as what they mean.
AARON SORKIN -
Never argue with a drunk or a fool.
AARON SORKIN -
There are no Asian movie stars
AARON SORKIN