Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
AARON SORKINA hero would die for his country, but he’d much rather live for it.
More Aaron Sorkin Quotes
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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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When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that’s not going to be me.
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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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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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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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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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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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The hardest thing for me is getting started. If I’m writing a script, really 90 per cent of it would be just walking around, climbing the walls, just trying to put the idea together. Then the final 10 per cent would be writing it.
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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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As a dramatist, you’re looking for points of friction.
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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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Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
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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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Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
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A hero would die for his country, but he’d much rather live for it.
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