The Guy Who Wins The Oscar For

Writing Anything, It Sorta Starts The Way You'd Build A Castle At The Beach. You're Just Taking Your Hands And You're Mounting Up Sand.

I'll Get Cast Occasionally As Sort Of The Jerk Version Of Myself, And I Have Fun Doing That. But It's Really Better For Everyone If I Stay Behind The Camera.

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.

Never Argue With A Drunk Or A Fool.

When You're Writing A Movie Or A Play And Writing Isn't Going Well, Which Is For Me The Normal Condition - It's An Exceptional Day When Suddenly I've Got Something And It's Going Well - You Can Call The Studio Or The Producer Or Whoever Is Waiting For It And Say, "i Know I Said I Was Going To Have It In By The End Of The Summer.