Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
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Never argue with a drunk or a fool.
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And a wheat thin the size of Lake Tahoe.
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There are no Asian movie stars
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I think that if I couldn’t write, I would be unemployable.
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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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Toby: All right. It couldn’t have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building…is our talent.
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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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As an audience member, I like the sound of something that’s been written – I like it to sound written. And then, of course, you can’t do it without the musicians who can play it.
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If I get an idea for a series that I really like, I’m sure I won’t be able to resist coming back and doing it.
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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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That’s a very real feeling – that I don’t have a story to tell. I’m not a pure storyteller. I have a tough time with story.
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Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.
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It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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I’ve never met anyone who has said, “My goal is to make America mediocre.” That’s a kind of hard-right conservative fallacy.
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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.
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