I Would Love For People To Think

Rule Of Storytelling: When A Character Is Shoved Against A Wall, Shove Them Against A Wall Harder.

Only Criminals And Adulterers Should Have To Hide Who They Are.

Socializing On The Internet Is To Socializing What Reality Tv Is To Reality.

People Don't Live Their Lives In A Series Of Scenes That Form A Dramatic Narrative, They Don't Speak In Dialogue, They're Not Lit By A Cinematographer Or Scored By A Composer. The Properties Of Real Life And The Properties Of Drama Have Almost Nothing To Do With Each Other. The Difference Between Writing About Reporters And Being A Reporter Is The Same As The Difference Between Drawing A Building And Building A Building.

I Had Never Thought Of Doing Television. But My Agent Wanted Me To Meet John Wells, Who Had Had A Lot Of Success Producing Er And China Beach. The Night Before The Meeting, Some Friends Were Over For Dinner And Akiva Goldsman And I Slipped Downstairs To The Basement So We Could Sneak A Cigarette. He Said, "you Know What Would Make A Good Television Series? That." And He Was Pointing At The American President Poster. He Said, "there Doesn't Have To Be A Romance, Just Focus On A Senior Staffer."