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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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Aaron Benjamin Sorkin
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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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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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A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
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What's interesting, is that I've found that the more accomplished a director is, the more secure they are in giving direction that sounds incredibly unsophisticated.
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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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