Aaron Sorkin
The West Wing is a television series that appears among Aaron Sorkin's notable works, alongside Sports Night, Molly's Game, and an adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Aaron Sorkin was born on June 9, 1961, in New York City. He attended Scarsdale High School and went on to study at Syracuse University. He holds United States citizenship and has worked across a range of disciplines, including playwriting, screenwriting, television producing, showrunning, film producing, film directing, and acting.
The West Wing brought Sorkin the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, and his list of honors extends well beyond that single prize. He has also received the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, the Writers Guild of America Award, the Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay, and the National Humanities Medal. That collection of awards spans both industry recognition and a honor conferred at the national level.
Sports Night is another television project listed among his notable credits, and his film work includes Molly's Game and an adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. The National Humanities Medal, which Sorkin received alongside his various film and television awards, is among the concrete recognitions attached to his name and provides a specific point of reference for the scope of his career as a United States screenwriter and playwright.
Quotes by Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Sorkin's insights on:
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.
I desperately need the love of complete strangers. That's one reason I overtip. I love when skycaps, waiters, and valets are happy to see me.
I get the 'The New York Times' and 'Los Angeles Times' thrown at my door every morning. I'll read the front page of 'The New York Times,' then the op-eds, then scan the arts section and then the sports section. Then I do the same with the 'L.A. Times.'
My way of getting the best from people on a set is to notice their work, to make every prop master, every seamstress, part of 'The Newsroom' or 'The West Wing' or 'Steve Jobs.'
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.
First scenes are super-important to me. I'll spend months and months pacing and climbing the walls trying to come up with the first scene. I drive for hours on the freeway.
I have a big problem with people who glamorize dumbness and demonize education and intellect. And I'm giving a pretty good description of Sarah Palin right now.
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.
I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works. Judd Apatow is fantastic at it. But as an audience member, I like the sound of something that's been written - I like it to sound written.