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 SORKINWe live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
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 playwright. All I care about is the play being good.
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And a wheat thin the size of Lake Tahoe.
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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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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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Toby: All right. It couldn’t have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building…is our talent.
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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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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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Honestly, I don’t try to guess at what most people want. I don’t think I’d guess right, and I just think that that’s not a good recipe for storytelling. I try to write what I like, what I think my friends would like.
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A hero would die for his country, but he’d much rather live for it.
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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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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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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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Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
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I want to convey that I’m crazy about the Kardashians – but I’m not sure which is which.
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