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Aaron Sorkin Quotes
Aaron Sorkin
American
Producer
Born:
Jun 9
,
1961
Good
Great
Me
People
Writing
You
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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
People
World
Group
Change The World
Thoughtful
Thoughtful People
Only
Small
Small Group
Forget
The Only Thing
Ever
Thing
As long as you keep one foot in the real world while the other foot's in a fairy tale, that fairy tale is going to seem kind of attainable.
Aaron Sorkin
You
World
Long
Other
Kind
Seem
Attainable
Foot
Tale
Fairy
Fairy Tale
Real
Going
The Real World
Real World
While
Keep
With 'The Social Network,' I got into it at first because frankly I thought there was a cool courtroom drama to be had with the intellectual properties. And then what further drew me in was that the most extraordinary social networking device ever created was created by the world's most antisocial person. I liked that story.
Aaron Sorkin
Me
World
Thought
First
Drama
Extraordinary
Further
Frankly
Drew
Properties
Network
Networking
Had
Device
Liked
Most
Because
Got
Courtroom
Intellectual
Antisocial
Person
Story
Social
Then
Created
Cool
Ever
I think I would have done very well as a writer in the Forties. I think the last time America was a great country was then or not long after. It was before Vietnam, before Watergate.
Aaron Sorkin
Time
Great
Watergate
Long
Country
Before
Think
Great Country
Would
Writer
Well
Very
America
Done
After
Then
Forties
Vietnam
Last
Last Time
When I create a TV show, it's so that I can write it. I'm not an empire builder; my writing staff is usually a combination of two kinds of people - experts in the world the show is set in, and young writers who will not be unhappy if they're not writing scripts.
Aaron Sorkin
People
Writing
World
Unhappy
Will
Young
TV
TV Show
Kinds
Write
Writers
Combination
Empire
Builder
Staff
Experts
Scripts
Young Writers
Create
Show
Who
Two
Set
I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.
Aaron Sorkin
Feeling
Spend
Days
Like
Ideas
Most
Around
Walking
Pacing
Plank
Writing never comes easy. The difference between Page 2 and Page Nothing is the difference between life and death.
Aaron Sorkin
Life
Death
Writing
Nothing
Easy
Life And Death
Never
Between
Difference
Page
Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
Aaron Sorkin
Time
Day
You
People
Disagree
About
Scene
Written
Look
Get
Any
Anything
Room
Who
Two
Two People
Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.
Aaron Sorkin
Best
You
People
Try
Father
Valuable
Own
Think
Guess
Valuable Thing
Would
Cross
Give
Fingers
Voice
Write
Like
Most
Friends
Hands
Want
Them
Ask
Then
Your
Show
Thing
I have all of the Apple products. Everything I've ever written, I've written on a Mac. My first computer, my roommates and I chipped in, and we got that first Macintosh - 128K. It had as much memory as a greeting card that plays music.
Aaron Sorkin
Music
Memory
First
Everything
Mac
Macintosh
Computer
Had
Written
Got
Greeting
Roommates
Much
Products
Ever
Apple
Card
Plays
There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups... but they're coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
Aaron Sorkin
Life
You
Wish
Way
Tell
Trick
Super
Unpredictable
Some
Could
Headed
Combination
Ya
Coming
Dumb
Being
Your
Avoiding
'Molly's Game' was a true story about a remarkable young woman named Molly Bloom. She was this close to going to the Olympics; she was ranked third in North America in women's moguls.
Aaron Sorkin
Game
Woman
Women
Young
Ranked
About
Remarkable
True
Named
She
True Story
Bloom
Close
North
North America
America
Going
Story
Young Woman
Molly
Third
Olympics
I've got plenty of quirks. I go to an office early in the morning. Early in the morning is really good writing time. I take anywhere between six to eight showers a day. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not a germaphobe: it's all about a fresh start.
Aaron Sorkin
Time
Good
Day
Morning
Writing
Fresh Start
Plenty
Exaggerating
About
Take
Good Writing
Between
Fresh
Got
Go
Office
Six
Eight
Anywhere
Really
Showers
Start
Early
I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
Aaron Sorkin
Writing
Like
I have a big problem with people who glamorize dumbness and demonize education and intellect. And I'm giving a pretty good description of Sarah Palin right now.
Aaron Sorkin
Education
Good
People
Problem
Giving
Big
Pretty
Pretty Good
Demonize
Intellect
Big Problem
Sarah
Sarah Palin
Who
Description
Now
Right
Palin
The Internet, in general, I find troubling. The anonymity has made us all meaner and dumber. This thing that was supposed to bring us closer together, I see it doing the opposite.
Aaron Sorkin
Together
Internet
Made
Find
See
General
Troubling
Supposed
Anonymity
Doing
Opposite
Dumber
Closer
Meaner
Us
Thing
Bring
All my heroes wore coats and ties to work. What happened to men wearing hats? Maybe I should bring back hats.
Aaron Sorkin
Work
Heroes
Men
Back
Wearing
Hats
Ties
Maybe
Happened
Wore
Should
Coats
Bring
Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
Aaron Sorkin
You
People
Word
Year
Fall
Statistic
About
Direct
Said
Versus
Did
Just
Sampling
Census
Episode
Asleep
Certainly
Last
Last Year
Our responsibility is to captivate you for however long we've asked for your attention. That said, there is tremendous drama to be gotten from the great, what you would say, heavy issues.
Aaron Sorkin
Great
You
Responsibility
Long
Drama
Tremendous
Our
Say
Would
Attention
Said
Gotten
Issues
However
Heavy
Asked
Your
It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. 'The West Wing' isn't meant to be good for you.
Aaron Sorkin
Good
You
Entertainment
Remember
First
Important
Wing
Only
West
Foremost
West Wing
Meant
Meant To Be
It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.
Aaron Sorkin
Day
Great
Me
Communication
Every Day
People
Every
Extraordinary
Area
Terrific
Just
Storytelling
Communication Skills
Skills
Who
Large
Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.
Aaron Sorkin
You
Writing
Bone
Seven
Tell
Must
Write
Well
Very
Close
Eight
Happens
Scripts
Episode
Now
I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.
Aaron Sorkin
Theatre
Writing
Drama
Television
About
Perfection
Beyond
Got
Dialogue
Up
Where
Grew
Theatrical
Start
It's nice that HBO is in business with the audience and not with the advertisers. There's a difference.
Aaron Sorkin
Business
Nice
Advertiser
Audience
Difference
I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
Aaron Sorkin
Great
Control
Enough
Kind
Voice
Over
Know
Instrument
Worked
Body
Actor
I've loved every minute I've spent in television. And I've had much more failure, as traditionally measured, than success in television. I've done four shows, and only one of them was the 'West Wing.'
Aaron Sorkin
Success
Failure
Every
Spent
Television
Minute
Wing
More
Only
Had
West
West Wing
Than
Done
Loved
Them
Much
Measured
Shows
Four
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