I think it’s up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
AARON SORKINI have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing, and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works.
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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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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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I’ve never met anyone who has said, “My goal is to make America mediocre.” That’s a kind of hard-right conservative fallacy.
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Toby Zeigler: There’s literally no one in the world I don’t hate right now.
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Never argue with a drunk or a fool.
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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.
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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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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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Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
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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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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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Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens that try to destroy it? Toby: God bless America.
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There are no Asian movie stars
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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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There are no Asian movie stars
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