If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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.
More Aaron Sorkin Quotes
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Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
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There are no Asian movie stars
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The thing I know how to do most is write a play. I came up loving plays and learning about plays and writing plays. I actually feel like an outsider when I’m writing movies and television.
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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.
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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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Never argue with a drunk or a fool.
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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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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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My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
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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 think it’s up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
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A hero would die for his country, but he’d much rather live for it.
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My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
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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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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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