We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
AARON SORKINWe live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
AARON SORKINCertainly, 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.
AARON SORKINI’m a playwright. All I care about is the play being good.
AARON SORKINWe live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
AARON SORKINIf you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
AARON SORKINDecisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
AARON SORKINIt wouldn’t kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.
AARON SORKINTrying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
AARON SORKINWhat’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.
AARON SORKINWriters are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
AARON SORKINHonestly, I don’t try to guess at what most people want. I don’t think I’d guess right, and I just think that that’s not a good recipe for storytelling. I try to write what I like, what I think my friends would like.
AARON SORKINJosh: 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 SORKINThere are no Asian movie stars
AARON SORKINAnd a wheat thin the size of Lake Tahoe.
AARON SORKINConflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
AARON SORKINI grew up in the theatre. It’s where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.
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