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There are no Asian movie stars
Never argue with a drunk or a fool.
I'm neither a millennial nor a hipster.
Decisions are made by those who show up.
And a wheat thin the size of Lake Tahoe.
And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
Elite is not a bad word, it's an aspirational one.
I'm sick of girls who don't know how to high-five.
Music is what mathematics does on a Saturday night.
As a dramatist, you're looking for points of friction.
Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
I think that if I couldn't write, I would be unemployable.
I'm a playwright. All I care about is the play being good.
She's a person; the doctor pronounces her dead, not the news.
Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.
A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it.
I do not speak through my characters; it's not a ventriloquist act.
An artist’s job is to captivate… if we stumble into truth, we got lucky.
This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
Toby Zeigler: There's literally no one in the world I don't hate right now.
Socializing on the internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.
It wouldn't kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.
I'm not sophisticated when it comes to politics, when it comes to journalism.
Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.
I'm not on Facebook, and I don't tweet, but I know plenty of people who love both.
I'm crazy about 'Breaking Bad,' but I wouldn't know how to write an episode of it.
I think socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.
We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
I want to convey that I'm crazy about the Kardashians - but I'm not sure which is which.
If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
You can only write, 'Somebody wants something, something else is in their way of getting it.'
When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me.
I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
Decisions are made by those who show up. Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world.
I feel like the better version of myself is on paper... I'd rather have people know me on paper.
Whether it's 'The West Wing' or anything else, my first thought is always, 'What's a good story?'
Rule of storytelling: When a character is shoved against a wall, shove them against a wall harder.
I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue.
It's nice that HBO is in business with the audience and not with the advertisers. There's a difference.
Film doesn't have to worry. Movies are awesome. There's no war going on, theaters aren't going to lose.
I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.
A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room.
Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.
To use a basketball metaphor, West Wing cast was a group that liked to pass as much as they liked to shoot.
When I was starting out, William Goldman took me under his wing, and he's still the person I show pages to.
Toby: All right. It couldn't have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building...is our talent.
All my heroes wore coats and ties to work. What happened to men wearing hats? Maybe I should bring back hats.
The guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.