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… — 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
