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.
AARON SORKINAs a dramatist, you’re looking for points of friction.
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The hardest thing for me is getting started. If I’m writing a script, really 90 per cent of it would be just walking around, climbing the walls, just trying to put the idea together. Then the final 10 per cent would be writing it.
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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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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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I want to convey that I’m crazy about the Kardashians – but I’m not sure which is which.
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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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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That’s what I look for.
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Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.
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Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
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And a wheat thin the size of Lake Tahoe.
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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 grew up in the theatre. It’s where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.
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As a dramatist, you’re looking for points of friction.
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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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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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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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