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 SORKINI’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 SORKINThat’s a very real feeling – that I don’t have a story to tell. I’m not a pure storyteller. I have a tough time with story.
AARON SORKINThe 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.
AARON SORKINFilm doesn’t have to worry. Movies are awesome. There’s no war going on, theaters aren’t going to lose.
AARON SORKINIf 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 SORKINWhen I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that’s not going to be me.
AARON SORKINTo use a basketball metaphor, West Wing cast was a group that liked to pass as much as they liked to shoot.
AARON SORKINOnly criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
AARON SORKINAnd a wheat thin the size of Lake Tahoe.
AARON SORKINI think it’s up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
AARON SORKINThis is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
AARON SORKINThere are no Asian movie stars
AARON SORKINIt 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 SORKINI 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 SORKINThe guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.
AARON SORKINIt wouldn’t kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.
AARON SORKIN