black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.

Aaron Sorkin

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.
AARON SORKIN

Accomplished Director Giving Interesting Secure 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.
AARON SORKIN

DifferentTelling might Organization Responsibility Sophisticated Stories
She’s a person; the doctor pronounces her dead, not the news.
AARON SORKIN

Doctor News Person Pronounce She
My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
AARON SORKIN

Aspirationally Hero Lies Lying Pulse Resting Romantically Taste Writing
The 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 SORKIN

Downside Ferocious Like Schedule Series Television You
To use a basketball metaphor, West Wing cast was a group that liked to pass as much as they liked to shoot.
AARON SORKIN

Basketball Group Like Metaphor Pass West Wing
The guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.
AARON SORKIN

Actress Bar Clear Guy Oscar Winning Woman
You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we’re presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated – not nearly as black and white as we’re led to believe.
AARON SORKIN

Believe Black Issue Least Presenting White World
I think it’s up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
AARON SORKIN

Compelling Enough People Stuff Thinking Watch Writing
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 SORKIN

Change Expect Less More Seem Should Thinking
Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
AARON SORKIN

Age Athlete Better Get Opposite Writer
I want to convey that I’m crazy about the Kardashians – but I’m not sure which is which.
AARON SORKIN

Convey Crazy Kardashian Not Sure Want
Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word ‘census’, and people fall asleep.
AARON SORKIN

Census Certain Episode Fall People Sampling Statis Versus Year
People who don’t know anything tend to make up fake rules, the real rules being considerably more difficult to learn.
AARON SORKIN

Guarded Gun Live Men Military Wall World
This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
AARON SORKIN

Bob Fifteen Minute People Serious Time Up
The stuff that I write doesn’t work very well as background music. You have to watch it from beginning to end and pay attention as if you were watching a play.
AARON SORKIN

Background Beginning End Music Play Stuff Watch Writing

Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Aaron Sorkin Quotes