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She's a person the doctor pronounces her dead, not the news.

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Aaron Sorkin
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Screenwriter
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Television Producer
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New York City
New York
Aaron Benjamin Sorkin
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Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
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A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room.
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Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt.
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Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
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Tell me what you think and then tell me what the really smart person in the room who disagrees with you thinks.
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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.
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Rule of storytelling: When a character is shoved against a wall, shove them against a wall harder.
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If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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The downside to series television is that the schedule is ferocious. It constantly feels like you have a midterm due that you haven't started yet.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Stupid people surround themselves with smart people. Smart people surround themselves with smart people who disagree with them.
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A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it.
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