To use a basketball metaphor, West Wing cast was a group that liked to pass as much as they liked to shoot.
AARON SORKINMy preference would have been to not go back on the air after 911, at all until the time felt right but that wasn’t an option.
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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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Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.
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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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I want to convey that I’m crazy about the Kardashians – but I’m not sure which is which.
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Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I’m going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.
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What’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.
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Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
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There are no Asian movie stars
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I don’t think I write differently when I’m writing a screenplay, as opposed to a stage play or a teleplay. Maybe if I were in a film class and there was time to think about it, we could point out differences.
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This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
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The guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.
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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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With a television series, there’s a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you’re not writing well.
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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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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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