Everything I ever suggested for 'The West Wing' comes from my work with Senator Moynihan. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
What we're doing on 'The West Wing' is fictional. It's not a place to learn about politics or government. Has there ever… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The 'West Wing' writers room would not have come up with the idea of running a presidential campaign in which an African-American… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The West Wing' is an extremely naive entry into politics and political thinking. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
At 'The West Wing,' I cast newscasters, and when you put out a casting call for actors, half of the people who… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Political talk on TV has degenerated so much. You can say something complex on 'The West Wing' and you will not suffer… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I've never done anything that I need to be doing tomorrow. If someone says, 'We no longer want you here,' I won't… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
If in the script there is an argument about gun control, the most precious document you could produce at 'The West Wing'… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
All writers are forced to live within deadlines, and deadlines determine how good they can be. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
The question for the Republicans running the confirmation hearings in the United States Senate is whose rules are they going to use? — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
Prosecutors have absolutely no control over what witnesses say when they leave the grand jury room. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
Because Republicans defected and voted with all the Democrats to reject Jeff Sessions' nomination when they discovered that when he was working as a… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
In this case, the government will essentially be run by the people who are running it now. The top level [Barack] Obama appointees will… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
I've never understood the value of putting someone on television to lie, knowing that they're going to lie ahead of time, knowing that that… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
The Trump view of immigration defies our history. Immigration is a transaction that has historically benefited the country. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
I don't think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She [Hillary Clinton] is saying Russia, Russia, Russia. Maybe it was.… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
If a reader comes across a story that makes them cry, you can be sure that the writer felt every single thing that makes… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
National security advisors are not there to be advocates, generally. They're not there to be partisans, they're not there to be ideologues. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
Never once has Republican world said hey, maybe we should look into how police officers are carrying out their solemn public responsibility to serve… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
Show business comes with wonderfully long vacations, like the life of a college professor. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
It is amazing that Jeff Sessions is still in the job. Any self-respecting Attorney General of the United States would have publicly resigned as… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
Melania Trump's husband tweeted this: "Arianna Huffington is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
