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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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Aaron Sorkin
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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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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It wouldn't kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.
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Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
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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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