People who don’t know anything tend to make up fake rules, the real rules being considerably more difficult to learn.
AARON SORKINYou 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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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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It wouldn’t kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.
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Toby Zeigler: There’s literally no one in the world I don’t hate right now.
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Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens that try to destroy it? Toby: God bless America.
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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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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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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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This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
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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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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 think it’s up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
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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’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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If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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