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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.

Aaron Sorkin

When I feel that something I’m writing is going well, everything in my life is good and the things in my life that aren’t good are completely manageable. If it’s not going well, Miss America could be standing there in a swimsuit handing me a nobel price and I wouldn’t be happy about 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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Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.
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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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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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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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Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
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It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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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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Toby Zeigler: There’s literally no one in the world I don’t hate right now.
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor. I was acting in all the school plays. I went to school for acting. I was really sure that that’s what I wanted to do.
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Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
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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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