A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.

There really isn't a story that you can't tell inside of it. It's very much a clearinghouse for anything that goes on in the world. So you're not at all limited.

While I was doing 'The Newsroom,' I always had the news on on different networks on different TVs around my house and around my office.

Everything can be going well, but if I'm not writing, I'm not happy. When I'm writing well, I'm like a different person.

Our responsibility is to captivate you for however long we've asked for your attention. That said, there is tremendous drama to be gotten from the great, what you would say, heavy issues.

Whether it's 'The West Wing' or anything else, my first thought is always, 'What's a good story?'