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Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.

Aaron Sorkin

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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There are no Asian movie stars
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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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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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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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When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that’s not going to be me.
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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.
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I would love for people to think that I am as quick, clever, smart and heroic as the characters that I write, but those characters are characters.
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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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Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
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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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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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There are no Asian movie stars
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Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.
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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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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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