Aaron Sorkin
Related I remember all the way back in high school thinking about writing books. And, in fact, I've writ... PATRICK CARMAN ROBERT SMITH BIG SMO I don't write all my stuff. Everybody always thinks that. But in just about every album I've... ALAN JACKSON From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had every... EDGAR MEYER I think there's always been hope in my songs, no matter how they've first appeared. I think ... JAKOB DYLAN 'Mad Men' still lives in my life as the best job that I've ever had because I thought th... PATRICK FISCHLER RUFUS WAINWRIGHT KATE THOMPSON DUFF GOLDMAN I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that. IAN MACKAYE My first Macintosh was a 128k machine which I upgraded to 512k the minute it became possible. BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE GEORGE R. R. MARTIN BEN ELTON DAN WAKEFIELD I've read everything that Isaac Asimov ever wrote, for a start. I'm massively into my fantas... ROBERT KAZINSKY In fact when I first got my Apple II the first thing I did was turn it on and off, on and off, just ... ANDY HERTZFELD Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But... DAN GILROY I've always had that attitude about my career: it's something that I do, but it's not my... BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE I'm thrilled we've got a new single out, as singles were the way I first got into music as a... ED O'BRIEN I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin roma... K. A. APPLEGATE I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of pl... TAIYE SELASI My entire life has really revolved around music that was written about the time that I was born, 190... ELLIOTT CARTER Anything that Aaron Sorkin writes, I could watch a million times. One of the few shows that I've... BEN FELDMAN See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to imp... RACHAEL HARRIS In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyri... MANDY PATINKIN I don't view any of the hits I've ever written as the climax of my career. They're just ... JON BELLION I've been very lucky. I've written for most of my idols and the contemporaries. ALAN ZWEIBEL I've had so many little ideas I've written down here and there. Some ideas I've got ream... BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY I've written songs sober and I've written songs high. BARRY MANN I try to listen to as much different music as possible - I've always got music blasting in my ea... MIKE POSNER ORNETTE COLEMAN KIEFER SUTHERLAND DAVID ALLAN COE I've written about superheroes. I've written about talking ferrets and math geniuses being c... JULIE KENNER I woke up on the plane this morning and was turning on my phone and I had to put my pin number in. T... CAMERON VAN DER BURGH JUSTINE LARBALESTIER NICK JONAS I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when some... LAURA HADDOCK COLIN KAEPERNICK If I could have had everything exactly the way I wanted, this is how I would have written it down. W... RONDA ROUSEY I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy ... JERRY B. JENKINS I have to tell you, I'm a happy man. I've lived the life I wanted to live. I've written ... CHARLES MCCARRY REY MYSTERIO Every pilot I've ever written, I've fallen deeply and madly in love with. It's the only ... AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO BEN HOPKINS I like 'Bewitched' off the first album because it's one of the happiest songs I've e... MALCOLM WILSON 'Top Gear' changed people's perceptions of me. I've had much more positive responses... JAMES BLUNT I've got four roommates and they all have fur and tails. KATE WALSH VIVIENNE WESTWOOD DEAN KOONTZ ISMAIL KADARE ALBERT BROOKS I've been writing a lot more, I believe, because of the Internet. I've been posting stuff th... ERROL MORRIS Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'. BARBARA PARK I've been a video game guy since I was eight years old and got my first Nintendo. I've been ... A.J. STYLES DYLAN MORAN Because I've been around forever and ever, like wallpaper, people ask me for secrets... it's... LULU HOWARD GARDNER I've always felt I had the talent. I've done a lot in my life. I've written, been in ban... PAUL EENHOORN BOB DYLAN SHILPA SHETTY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER JANET FITCH CHRIS CRUTCHER BEN ELTON The only thing I've ever wanted to do is really make people happy, offer some sort of positivity... JOSH KLINGHOFFER I have never, for a single moment, been aware of pressure from anyone in television about how I dres... ANNE ROBINSON DEMETRI MARTIN ALAN BENNETT ELLIE GOULDING I've moved around so much my whole life, and I've gotten so used to being the Other in situa... ABIGAIL WASHBURN ZOE KRAVITZ EMMA WATSON In my twenties, I thought I was Robert De Niro and I invested all of myself in my acting. But, as I&... MATTHEW RHYS When I first started all this, it was mostly music fans that came along, Stones fans. But now, I'... RON WOOD As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write... SAMUEL BARBER BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY I haven't changed. My family and I live as we did in South Spain. I've had loud music, chick... CHARO That was my first introduction to BMWs in 1978, when my friend bought it for me as a surprise with m... DAN HILL JOYCE CAROL OATES CAROLINE B. COONEY J. D. SOUTHER JOHN LYDON I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and scre... BLAKE JENNER We're real people and we're a band that's been playing on the scene for a long time. We&... DAN HAWKINS CHARLIE KAUFMAN EDEN HAZARD JOHN LASSETER Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of humanity. FRED SABERHAGEN TAMORA PIERCE I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I'... RAFAEL PALMEIRO ATHOL FUGARD CAMILA CABELLO GILLIAN FLYNN DAVID BOWIE I've always been seen as the underdog in everything I've ever done in my life, and it doesn&... VICTOR ORTIZ I keep mementos from everything I've done. I've got my cab driver's license from 'Ha... JARED HARRIS For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses. VICTORIA ABRIL
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I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my pas... 
My music is about my life. If it's something that I've lived, then it's something that I... 
Crazy as it sounds, I'm a believer in destiny and serendipity, and I have had cosmic experiences... 
My first book was an adult novel, 'Down Among the Gods,' published by Virago, and I've w... 
When I got a deposit on my very first cake, I took that deposit and I bought some cake mix with it. ... 
If you go all the way back, I've always written science-fiction, I've always written fantasy... 
I loved writing 'Two Brothers' more than anything else I have written. It's the first bo... 
I've always written about social concerns. My first book was about Spanish Harlem. 
I've had so many little ideas I've written down here and there. Some ideas I've got ream... 
I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I fe... 
I've always traveled with a picture of my daughter from 1989, her kindergarten school picture, t... 
I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about. 
When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of 'Once upon a time' ... 
I have a lot of memos in my phone of songs; I've had dreams about a melody. It's always melo... 
I've had times where one of my roommates was moving out of the house in college, and because we ... 
I've got a Kanji symbol on my shoulder; it's for my son and means 'strength and power.&#... 
Rather than writing about my experiences with other people, 'Ugly Cherries' is the first son... 
I have a company, and I've got to think about that. I'm trying to do my best there, and that... 
I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of pri... 
I consider I've had a good day when, among the lines I've written, I've produced from my... 
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I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all t... 
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Since 'School of Rock' opened, for the first time in my career, ever, really, I've had a... 
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I stole a piece of the chess set on the first film. I took a piece of the treasure out of Bellatrix&... 
I probably spend 90% of my time revising what I've written. 
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Touch is more important than arm strength. You want to really allow the receiver to run underneath t... 
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Kevin Systrom of Instagram used to work for us as a consultant in the early days of Mint. I knew him... 
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Five letters here just for everybody out there in Packer-land: R-E-L-A-X, Relax. We're going to ... 
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Don't ever let him near a microphone. 
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