I feel like the better version of myself is on paper... I'd rather have people know me on paper.

Aaron Sorkin Quotes

American - Producer Born: June 9, 1961

As long as you keep one foot in the real world while the other foot's in a fairy tale, that fairy tale is going to seem kind of attainable. Aaron Sorkin

Going, Kind, Other

The Internet, in general, I find troubling. The anonymity has made us all meaner and dumber. This thing that was supposed to bring us closer together, I see it doing the opposite. Aaron Sorkin

Doing, Bring, Made

Not all paintings are abstract; they're not all Jackson Pollock. There's value in a photograph of a man alone on a boat at sea, and there is value in painting of a man alone on a boat at sea. In the painting, the painting has more freedom to express an idea, more latitude in being able to elicit certain emotion. Aaron Sorkin

Idea, Latitude, Express

All my heroes wore coats and ties to work. What happened to men wearing hats? Maybe I should bring back hats. Aaron Sorkin

Work, Maybe, Wearing

It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling. Aaron Sorkin

Storytelling, Large, Area

I feel like the better version of myself is on paper... I'd rather have people know me on paper. Aaron Sorkin

Myself, Like, Rather

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. Aaron Sorkin

Love, Some, Agent

I'm more comfortable writing traditional protagonists. But 'Steve Jobs' and 'The Social Network' have antiheroes. I like to write antiheroes as if they're making their case to God about why they should be allowed into heaven. I have to find something in that character that is like me and write to that. Aaron Sorkin

Why, About, Allowed

Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has. Aaron Sorkin

Change, Small, Thoughtful

There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do. Aaron Sorkin

Storytelling, Old, Telling

I have all of the Apple products. Everything I've ever written, I've written on a Mac. My first computer, my roommates and I chipped in, and we got that first Macintosh - 128K. It had as much memory as a greeting card that plays music. Aaron Sorkin

Memory, Greeting, Plays

I had a lot of survival jobs. One was for the Witty Ditty singing-telegram company. I was in the red-and-white stripes with the straw boater hat and kazoo. Balloons. Even when you're sleeping on a friend's couch, you have to pay some kind of rent. Aaron Sorkin

Couch, Balloons, Some

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright. Aaron Sorkin

Other, Borrow, Steal

Decisions are made by those who show up. - Aaron Sorkin

Decisions are made by those who show up. Aaron Sorkin

Decisions, Show, Made

I've got plenty of quirks. I go to an office early in the morning. Early in the morning is really good writing time. I take anywhere between six to eight showers a day. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not a germaphobe: it's all about a fresh start. Aaron Sorkin

Office, Good Writing, About

Writing never comes easy. The difference between Page 2 and Page Nothing is the difference between life and death. Aaron Sorkin

Death, Life And Death, Never

It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb. Aaron Sorkin

Dumb, Unpredictable, Super

I think socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality. Aaron Sorkin

Think, I Think, TV

The rules are all in a sixty-four-page pamphlet by Aristotle called 'Poetics.' It was written almost three thousand years ago, but I promise you, if something is wrong with what you're writing, you've probably broken one of Aristotle's rules. Aaron Sorkin

Rules, Almost, Promise

I am truly at my happiest not when I am writing an aria for an actor or making a grand political or social point. I am at my happiest when I've figured out a fun way for somebody to slip on a banana peel. Aaron Sorkin

Banana, Making, Aria

I can't remember my dreams more than a couple of seconds after I wake up. It's frustrating because sometimes I dream that I'm watching a really good movie. Aaron Sorkin

Sometimes, Couple, Movie

Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice. Aaron Sorkin

Father, Voice, Hands

Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep. Aaron Sorkin

Last, Certainly, Statistic

Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good. Aaron Sorkin

Bad, Audience, Satisfy

My parents took me to see plays, starting from when I was very little. Oftentimes, I was too young to understand. I don't know what my parents were thinking - 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' when I was eight years old, that kind of thing. So lots of times, I didn't understand what was going on, but I just loved the sound of dialogue. Aaron Sorkin

Young, Sound, Very

I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank. Aaron Sorkin

Ideas, Feeling, Like

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