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Decisions are made by those who show up.

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

Kind, Going, Other

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

Decisions are made by those who show up. Aaron Sorkin

Decisions, Made, Show

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

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, Thoughtful, Small

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

'Molly's Game' was a true story about a remarkable young woman named Molly Bloom. She was this close to going to the Olympics; she was ranked third in North America in women's moguls. Aaron Sorkin

Game, Named, True Story

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

And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Aaron Sorkin

Friends, You, Nothin

The first thing I wrote was a one-act play that got accepted at a one-act play festival, and I was in it along with Nathan Lane and a couple of other very good actors. Aaron Sorkin

Play, Very, Couple

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

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

Balloons, Some, Couch

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 am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done. Aaron Sorkin

Voice, Think, Having

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

Other, Steal, Borrow

When a movie is being rolled out, the studio publicists and all our individual publicists get together and come up with bullet points and talking points - 'Make sure you stay away from this,' and 'Don't say that quite that way, because that quote can be taken out of context,' and that kind of thing. Aaron Sorkin

Away, Studio, Movie

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

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

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 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

The properties of people and the properties of character have almost nothing to do with each other. They really don't. I know it seems like they do because we look alike, but people don't speak in dialogue. Their lives don't unfold in a series of scenes that form a narrative arc. Aaron Sorkin

Character, Other, Almost

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'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

You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we're presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated - not nearly as black and white as we're led to believe. Aaron Sorkin

One Of The Things, Nearly

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

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

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 they're coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb. Aaron Sorkin

I Wish, Some, Could

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