Good Writers Borrow From Other Writers. Great

Writers Are Opposite Of Athletes, They Get Better With Age

My Resting Pulse As A Writer Is Writing Idealistically And Romantically; Aspirationally. My Taste Lies In Quixotic Heroes.

The Monica Lewinsky Scandal Was Happening At The Very Time I Was Writing The West Wing Pilot And It Was Hard, At Least For Americans, To Look At The White House And Think Of Anything But A Punch Line. Plus A Show About Politics, A Show That Took Place In Washington, Had Just Never Worked Before In American Television. So The Show Was Delayed For A Year.

It Seems To Me That More And More We've Come To Expect Less And Less From Each Other, And I Think That Should Change.

It's Populated By People Who, By And Large, Have Terrific Communication Skills. Every Day Is An Extraordinary Day. For Me, It Was Just A Great Area For Storytelling.