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It wouldn't kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.
Aaron Sorkin
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Aaron Sorkin
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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As an audience member, I like the sound of something that's been written - I like it to sound written. And then, of course, you can't do it without the musicians who can play it.
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I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, giftless. I'm not your agent and I'm not your mommy, I'm a white piece of paper, you wanna dance with me? and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.
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We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
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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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Toby Zeigler: There's literally no one in the world I don't hate right now.
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I love writing. I'm not particularly comfortable in the actual world - I'm much more comfortable on the page. So if I could have a life where I could just slip the pages under the door and somebody would slip me a meal back, then that would be perfect for me.
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Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
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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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It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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