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 SORKINIt’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.
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The hardest thing for me is getting started. If I’m writing a script, really 90 per cent of it would be just walking around, climbing the walls, just trying to put the idea together. Then the final 10 per cent would be writing it.
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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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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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People who don’t know anything tend to make up fake rules, the real rules being considerably more difficult to learn.
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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.
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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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We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
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I’m sick of girls who don’t know how to high-five.
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To use a basketball metaphor, West Wing cast was a group that liked to pass as much as they liked to shoot.
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If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
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It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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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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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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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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