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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.

Aaron Sorkin

Toby: All right. It couldn’t have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building…is our talent.
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Building Gone Right Somewhere Talent Toby
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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Disagree Look People Scene Two Written
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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Able Create Director Hero People Writer
When I feel that something I’m writing is going well, everything in my life is good and the things in my life that aren’t good are completely manageable. If it’s not going well, Miss America could be standing there in a swimsuit handing me a nobel price and I wouldn’t be happy about it
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Academy Award Father Guinea Insist Pig Respect Roxy Sorkin Won
There’s a great tradition in storytelling that’s thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that’s really what I wanted to do.
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King Palace Story Storytelling Thousand Tradition Year
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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Air Back Been Felt Option Preference Time
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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Audience Member Musician Play Sound
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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Argument Believe Center Side Thinking Two Watching
Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
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Conflict Divide Journalism Television
Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
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Age Athlete Better Get Opposite Writer
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.
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Critic Follow Genuinely Television Theater
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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Believe Black Issue Least Presenting White World
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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Accomplished Director Giving Interesting Secure Sound
The downside to series television is that the schedule is ferocious. It constantly feels like you have a midterm due that you haven’t started yet.
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Downside Ferocious Like Schedule Series Television You
Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
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Citizen Decision Forget World
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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America Country Greatest Recognizing World

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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