Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
AARON SORKINIf 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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Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
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There’s a great tradition in storytelling that’s thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that’s really what I wanted to do.
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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 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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I’m sick of girls who don’t know how to high-five.
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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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Never argue with a drunk or a fool.
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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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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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It wouldn’t kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.
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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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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.
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Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
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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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