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I’m terribly afraid of failure. When your identity is wrapped up in writing and you’ve written something that doesn’t work, it’s a tough pill to swallow.

Aaron Sorkin

I’m sick of girls who don’t know how to high-five.
AARON SORKIN

Five Girl High Know Sick
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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Class Differently Opposed Screenplay Stage Teleplay Thinking Write Writing
We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
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Guarded Gun Live Men Military Wall World
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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Afraid Terrible Trying Walking Wall Writing
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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Able Back Coming Idea Resist Series Sure
My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
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Aspirationally Hero Lies Lying Pulse Resting Romantically Taste Writing
Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.
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Aspiration Bad Word Elite One
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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America Conservation Conservative Goal Hard Kind Right
I’m a playwright. All I care about is the play being good.
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Be Care Good Play Playwright
Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That’s what I look for.
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Disagree Look People Scene Two Written
It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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Begin Dumb Graduation Life Screw Super Unpredictable Up
A hero would die for his country, but he’d much rather live for it.
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Country Dies Forever Hero Live
Toby Zeigler: There’s literally no one in the world I don’t hate right now.
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Hate Literally No One Right Toby World
Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
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Adulters Criminal Hide Identity Should
I’m terribly afraid of failure. When your identity is wrapped up in writing and you’ve written something that doesn’t work, it’s a tough pill to swallow.
AARON SORKIN

Afraid Failure Identity Tough Writing
Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
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Conflict Divide Journalism Television

I’m terribly afraid of failure. When your identity is wrapped up in writing and you’ve written something that doesn’t work, it’s a tough pill to swallow.

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