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With a television series, there's a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you're not writing well.
Aaron Sorkin
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Aaron Sorkin
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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Film Actor
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Film Producer
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New York City
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Aaron Benjamin Sorkin
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