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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More Aaron Sorkin Quotes
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Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep can play with the boys but there just aren’t that many tour-de-force roles out there for women.
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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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I’m a playwright. All I care about is the play being good.
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This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
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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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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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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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Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
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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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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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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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There’s that process of writing it – then you come out of your room into the sunlight, and you now have to complete the circuit and make the connection finally with the audience.
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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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If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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Toby Zeigler: There’s literally no one in the world I don’t hate right now.
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