I’m a playwright. All I care about is the play being good.
AARON SORKINIt wouldn’t kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.
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Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I’m writing episode seven now and couldn’t tell you what happens in episode eight.
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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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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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We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
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It wouldn’t kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.
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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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The stuff that I write doesn’t work very well as background music. You have to watch it from beginning to end and pay attention as if you were watching a play.
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Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.
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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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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’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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This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
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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 Zeigler: There’s literally no one in the world I don’t hate right now.
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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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