It 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 SORKINConflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
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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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My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
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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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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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This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
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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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Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.
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Toby: All right. It couldn’t have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building…is our talent.
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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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It seems to me that more and more we’ve come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change.
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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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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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And a wheat thin the size of Lake Tahoe.
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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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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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