You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we're presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated - not nearly as black and white as we're led to believe. Aaron Sorkin More Quotes by Aaron Sorkin More Quotes From Aaron Sorkin I want to convey that I'm crazy about the Kardashians - but I'm not sure which is which. Aaron Sorkin not-sure crazy want 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. Aaron Sorkin writing people thinking The stuff that I write doesn't work very well as background music. You have to watch it from beginning to end and pay attention as if you were watching a play. Aaron Sorkin play writing watches I would love for people to think that I am as quick, clever, smart and heroic as the characters that I write, but those characters are characters. Aaron Sorkin smart clever writing If you can socialize from the privacy of your desk at night in a dark room, you can be a smoother, cooler, funnier, sexy, more everything person than you actually are in real life. Aaron Sorkin sexy real dark Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else. Aaron Sorkin division-of-labor doe writing I don't think I write differently when I'm writing a screenplay, as opposed to a stage play or a teleplay. Maybe if I were in a film class and there was time to think about it, we could point out differences. Aaron Sorkin writing class thinking 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. Aaron Sorkin play writing television I think that if I couldn't write, I would be unemployable. Aaron Sorkin would-be writing thinking 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. Aaron Sorkin play kids school I'll get cast occasionally as sort of the jerk version of myself, and I have fun doing that. But it's really better for everyone if I stay behind the camera. Aaron Sorkin jerk cameras fun As an audience member, I like the sound of something that's been written - I like it to sound written. And then, of course, you can't do it without the musicians who can play it. Aaron Sorkin musician sound play As a dramatist, you're looking for points of friction. Aaron Sorkin friction That's a very real feeling - that I don't have a story to tell. I'm not a pure storyteller. I have a tough time with story. Aaron Sorkin tough-times real feelings With a television series, there's a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you're not writing well. Aaron Sorkin deadline writing television The wishes of the terrorists were fulfilled in part by easily distracted members of the American press who chose gossip and schadenfreude-fueled reporting over a story with immeasurable consequences for the public -- a story that was developing right in front of their eyes. Aaron Sorkin top-news Amy knows more than a lot of people what it's like to battle stereotypes, she's a woman at a large corporation who worked her way from assistant to the chairman's office. No one in the world feels worse than she does right now. Aaron Sorkin business I think some people have more difficulty than others, i know doctors who can't watch hospital shows and lawyers who can't watch legal dramas, but for the most part I think people appreciate that if the goal was to make it as real as possible then the result would end up looking a lot like a security camera tape. Aaron Sorkin politics I use consultants like you. Aaron Sorkin politics Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has. Aaron Sorkin change-the-world change people world
