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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.

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Aaron Sorkin
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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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.
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When I feel that something I'm writing is going well, everything in my life is good and the things in my life that aren't good are completely manageable. If it's not going well, Miss America could be standing there in a swimsuit handing me a nobel price and I wouldn't be happy about it
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I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing, and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works.
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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.
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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.
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