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I think that if I couldn't write, I would be unemployable.
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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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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It wouldn't kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.
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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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Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt.
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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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