My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
AARON SORKINWriters are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
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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.
AARON SORKINIt 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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There are television critics, movie critics, and theater critics too who I like and who I follow and I get genuinely bummed when they don’t like something that I’ve written because I usually agree with them.
AARON SORKINThere are television critics, movie critics, and theater critics too who I like and who I follow and I get genuinely bummed when they don’t like something that I’ve written because I usually agree with them.
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A hero would die for his country, but he’d much rather live for it.
AARON SORKINA hero would die for his country, but he’d much rather live for it.
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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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I think it’s up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
AARON SORKINI think it’s up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
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Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
AARON SORKINConflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
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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.
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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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.
AARON SORKINI 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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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 SORKINI’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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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 SORKINI’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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There’s that process of writing it – then you come out of your room into the sunlight, and you now have to complete the circuit and make the connection finally with the audience.
AARON SORKINThere’s that process of writing it – then you come out of your room into the sunlight, and you now have to complete the circuit and make the connection finally with the audience.
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She’s a person; the doctor pronounces her dead, not the news.
AARON SORKINShe’s a person; the doctor pronounces her dead, not the news.
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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.
AARON SORKINThe 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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A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
AARON SORKINA news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
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I think that if I couldn’t write, I would be unemployable.
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