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Writers Are Opposite Of Athletes, They Get Better With Age

Humans Know When It's Not A Good Story. Unless You Do This For A Living, You May Not Know Exactly Why You Don't Like A Story, But You Can't Fool An Audience Ever. They Know When You Have It And They Know When You Don't.

Pretty Much Up Until The West Wing, Our Leaders Had Always Been Portrayed In Popular Culture As Either Machiavellian Or Dolts. But I Thought, "what If We Show A Group Of People Who Are Highly Competent, They're Going To Lose As Much As They Win, But We're Going To Understand That They Wake Up Every Morning Wanting To Do Good?" That Was Really The Spirit Behind The West Wing.

If You Close Your Eyes You Can Imagine The Hackers Sitting In A Room, Combing Through The Documents To Find The Ones That Will Draw The Most Blood. And In A Room Next Door Are American Journalists Doing The Same Thing. As Demented And Criminal As It Is, At Least The Hackers Are Doing It For A Cause. The Press Is Doing It For A Nickel.

President Bartlet: There's A Delegation Of Cardiologists Having Their Pictures Taken In The Blue Room. You Wouldn't Think You Could Find A Group Of People More Arrogant Than The Fifteen Of Us, But There They Are, Right Upstairs In The Blue Room.