“When you're writing a movie or a play and writing isn't going well, which is for me the normal condition - it's an exceptional day when suddenly I've got something and it's going well - you can call the studio or the producer or whoever is waiting for it and say, "I know I said I was going to have it in by the end of the summer.” KnowsWritingWellsSaidEndsPlayWaitingConditionsNormalSummerStudiosProducersExceptionalEnd Of Summer Author:Aaron Sorkin
“The stuff that I write doesn't work very well as background music. You have to watch it from beginning to end and pay attention as if you were watching a play.” IfsWritingWellsEndsPlayStuffPayAttentionWatchesBackgroundsPay AttentionBackground Music Author:Aaron Sorkin
“With a television series, there's a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you're not writing well.” WritingWellsHardTelevisionSeriesDeadlineWriting Well Author:Aaron Sorkin
“When I feel that something I'm writing is going well, everything in my life is good and the things in my life that aren't good are completely manageable. If it's not going well, Miss America could be standing there in a swimsuit handing me a nobel price and I wouldn't be happy about it” IfsFeelsWritingWellsAmericaLife IsMissingStandingNobelStanding ThereLife Is GoodManageableSwimsuitsMiss AmericaMy Life Is Good Author:Aaron Sorkin
“Make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You’re a group of incredibly well-educated dumb people. I was there. We all were there. You’re barely functional. There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups, but the screw-ups, they’re a-coming for ya. It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.” PeopleWayWellsWishMistakeGroupsTricksEducatedDumbCombinationMemorableGraduationAvoidingUnpredictableScrewsScrew UpsWell EducatedFunny GraduationDumb People Author:Aaron Sorkin
“Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.” WritingWellsHappensSevenScriptsEightBonesEpisodes Author:Aaron Sorkin
