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I’m a playwright. All I care about is the play being good.

Aaron Sorkin

Film doesn’t have to worry. Movies are awesome. There’s no war going on, theaters aren’t going to lose.
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Awesome Film Going Movie Theatre War Worry
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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Beach Build Hand Mountain Sorta Talking Writing
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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Guarded Gun Live Men Military Wall World
Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.
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Alan Clarify Division Doe Labor Show Writing
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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Anything Considerable Difficult Fake Learn People Real Rule Tend
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.
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Afraid Failure Identity Tough Writing
My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
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Aspirationally Hero Lies Lying Pulse Resting Romantically Taste Writing
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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Disagree Look People Scene Two Written
I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue. But when I’m writing, the way the words sound is as important to me as what they mean.
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Consider Dialogue Important Intrusion Mean Necessary Plot Snappy Writing
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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Character Clever Heroic Love People Quick Smart Write Writing
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
A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
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DifferentTelling might Organization Responsibility Sophisticated Stories
It’s important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. ‘The West Wing’ isn’t meant to be good for you.
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Entertainment Foremost Important West Wing
Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
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Age Athlete Better Get Opposite Writer
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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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.
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Afraid Failure Identity Tough Writing

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