Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.
AARON SORKINI want to convey that I’m crazy about the Kardashians – but I’m not sure which is which.
More Aaron Sorkin Quotes
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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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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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If you can socialize from the privacy of your desk at night in a dark room, you can be a smoother, cooler, funnier, sexy, more everything person than you actually are in real life.
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It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.
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The thing I know how to do most is write a play. I came up loving plays and learning about plays and writing plays. I actually feel like an outsider when I’m writing movies and television.
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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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This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
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Never argue with a drunk or a fool.
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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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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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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word ‘census’, and people fall asleep.
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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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The stuff that I write doesn’t work very well as background music. You have to watch it from beginning to end and pay attention as if you were watching a play.
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I’ll get cast occasionally as sort of the jerk version of myself, and I have fun doing that. But it’s really better for everyone if I stay behind the camera.
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