When I Write Something, I Want The

If You Feel That Strongly About Something, You Have An Obligation To Try And Change My Mind.

The Stuff That I Write Doesn't Work Very Well As Background Music. You Have To Watch It From Beginning To End And Pay Attention As If You Were Watching A Play.

That's A Very Real Feeling - That I Don't Have A Story To Tell. I'm Not A Pure Storyteller. I Have A Tough Time With Story.

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.

Just To Clarify The Division Of Labor On The Show, I Write The Show And Alan [poul] Does Everything Else.