black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.

Aaron Sorkin

Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens that try to destroy it? Toby: God bless America.
AARON SORKIN

America Country Election Night Rom Sunlight
I’m terribly afraid of failure. When your identity is wrapped up in writing and you’ve written something that doesn’t work, it’s a tough pill to swallow.
AARON SORKIN

Afraid Failure Identity Tough Writing
A hero would die for his country, but he’d much rather live for it.
AARON SORKIN

Country Dies Forever Hero Live
Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
AARON SORKIN

Audience Bad Getting Recipe Trying Usually Want
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.
AARON SORKIN

Believe Black Issue Least Presenting White World
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.
AARON SORKIN

Able Back Coming Idea Resist Series Sure
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.
AARON SORKIN

Communication Large People Populated Skill Terrific
I want to convey that I’m crazy about the Kardashians – but I’m not sure which is which.
AARON SORKIN

Convey Crazy Kardashian Not Sure Want
With a television series, there’s a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you’re not writing well.
AARON SORKIN

Deadline Hard Not Well Series Television Write Writing
I like workplace shows and White House was a very glamorous workplace to set a show in; it appealed to a sense of romanticism and idealism that I have.
AARON SORKIN

Glamorous House Something White Workplace Written
Film doesn’t have to worry. Movies are awesome. There’s no war going on, theaters aren’t going to lose.
AARON SORKIN

Awesome Film Going Movie Theatre War Worry
Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I’m going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.
AARON SORKIN

Anything Considerable Difficult Fake Learn People Real Rule Tend
As a dramatist, you’re looking for points of friction.
AARON SORKIN

Dramatist Friction Looking Point
People who don’t know anything tend to make up fake rules, the real rules being considerably more difficult to learn.
AARON SORKIN

Anything Considerable Difficult Fake Learn People Real Rule Tend
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.
AARON SORKIN

Critic Follow Genuinely Television Theater
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.
AARON SORKIN

Argument Believe Center Side Thinking Two Watching

This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Aaron Sorkin Quotes