“Whether it's 'The West Wing' or anything else, my first thought is alw...” — Aaron Sorkin Quote

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

“Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.”

“It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. 'The West Wing' isn't meant to be good for you.”

“I want a body of work; I want a good story after a good story.”

“What you realize hanging out with investigative reporters is that, while they may be personally liberal, they don't let that get in the way of a good story.”

“I always think if it's a good story, the audience can't wait to run out of the theater and go tweet somebody with the gist of a story, in a nutshell, almost, because it was that interesting.”