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> [I'd been concerned all along that the character of the president in the West Wing pilot would throw the ensemble out of whack, that that character would simply take up all the oxygen in a room. I wanted to hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/i-d-been-concerned-all-along-that-the-character-of-the-president-in/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

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## More by Aaron Sorkin

> [Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/conflict-when-used-as-a-device-makes-for-good-television-and-bad/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

> [Film doesn't have to worry. Movies are awesome. There's no war going on, theaters aren't going to lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/film-doesn-t-have-to-worry-movies-are-awesome-there-s-no-war-going-on/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/people-don-t-live-their-lives-in-a-series-of-scenes-that-form-a/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

> [One of the biggest challenges in the past for me in working on the networks was that audiences have grown accustomed to television being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/one-of-the-biggest-challenges-in-the-past-for-me-in-working-on-the/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/you-re-going-to-fall-down-but-the-world-doesn-t-care-how-many-times/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

> [We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/we-live-in-a-world-that-has-walls-and-those-walls-have-to-be-guarded/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

> [As an audience member, I like the sound of something that's been written - I like it to sound written. And then, of course,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/as-an-audience-member-i-like-the-sound-of-something-that-s-been/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

> [She's a person; the doctor pronounces her dead, not the news.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/she-s-a-person-the-doctor-pronounces-her-dead-not-the-news/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

> [It's nice that HBO is in business with the audience and not with the advertisers. There's a difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/it-s-nice-that-hbo-is-in-business-with-the-audience-and-not-with-the/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

> [“TOBY: The world can move or not by changing some words.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/toby-the-world-can-move-or-not-by-changing-some-words/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

> [I had never thought of doing television. But my agent wanted me to meet John Wells, who had had a lot of success producing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/i-had-never-thought-of-doing-television-but-my-agent-wanted-me-to/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/government-should-be-a-place-where-people-can-come-together-and-no/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

> [Television from its inception had the number one goal to alienate as few people as possible. That's why if you look at 1950s, 1960s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/television-from-its-inception-had-the-number-one-goal-to-alienate-as/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

> [Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/josh-so-toby-it-s-election-night-what-do-you-say-about-a-country-that/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/the-hardest-thing-for-me-is-getting-started-if-i-m-writing-a-script/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

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