Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.
AARON SORKINWriters are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
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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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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’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I’m going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.
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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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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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Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
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What’s interesting, is that I’ve found that the more accomplished a director is, the more secure they are in giving direction that sounds incredibly unsophisticated.
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Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
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I think that if I couldn’t write, I would be unemployable.
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The stuff that I write doesn’t work very well as background music. You have to watch it from beginning to end and pay attention as if you were watching a play.
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And a wheat thin the size of Lake Tahoe.
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I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing, and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works.
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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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