Television from its inception had the number one goal to alienate as few people as possible. That's why if you look at… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
It's certainly easy for me to make a fictional character mad about something. I can get them angry about something that I'm… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
I'd been concerned all along that the character of the president in the West Wing pilot would throw the ensemble out of… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
It was hard saying goodbye to the character and harder saying goodbye to the actor. When rumours started going around that Rob… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
I wrote the show West Wing for the two years before and the two years after 9/11. Suddenly everyone in the world… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit,… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Rule of storytelling: When a character is shoved against a wall, shove them against a wall harder. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
I would love for people to think that I am as quick, clever, smart and heroic as the characters that I write,… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Film doesn't have to worry. Movies are awesome. There's no war going on, theaters aren't going to lose. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
People don't live their lives in a series of scenes that form a dramatic narrative, they don't speak in dialogue, they're not lit by… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
One of the biggest challenges in the past for me in working on the networks was that audiences have grown accustomed to television being… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
As an audience member, I like the sound of something that's been written - I like it to sound written. And then, of course,… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
It's nice that HBO is in business with the audience and not with the advertisers. There's a difference. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
I had never thought of doing television. But my agent wanted me to meet John Wells, who had had a lot of success producing… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Government should be a place where people can come together, and no one gets left behind. No one…gets left behind. An instrument of good. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
