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Aaron Sorkin Quotes

born 1961 United States

Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born 9 June 1961) is an American screenwriter, playwright, and filmmaker. As a writer for stage, television, and film, he is recognized for his trademark fast-paced dialogue and extended monologues, complemented by frequent use of the storytelling technique called the "walk and talk".

United States
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Also known as: Sorkin, Aaron

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People who don't know anything tend to make up fake rules, the real rules being considerably more difficult to learn.

Socializing on the internet is to socializing, what reality TV is to reality.

Decisions are made by those who show up.

Writing anything, it sorta starts the way you'd build a castle at the beach. You're just taking your hands and you're mounting up sand.

We’re never going to put this genie back in the bottle, but surely we can decide that lies are bad.

The worst crime you can commit is telling the audience something they already know, in any fashion, even for a moment.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Aaron Sorkin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.