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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.
Aaron Sorkin
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Aaron Sorkin
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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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.
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Decisions are made by those who show up. Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world.
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The guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.
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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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A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it.
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My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
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I'm terribly afraid of failure. When your identity is wrapped up in writing and you've written something that doesn't work, it's a tough pill to swallow.
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I'm a playwright. All I care about is the play being good.
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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 a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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