Famous Quotes by Aaron Sorkin

“Toby Zeigler: There's literally no one in the world I don't hate right now.”

You can't be afraid of what people will say. The truth is the truth.

In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

There’s no such thing as a good idea that hasn’t been executed well.

I like to think of myself as a storyteller who happens to write screenplays.

A story is not about what happens, but how it happens.

The best way to make a point is to let the audience hear it.

You can't be a writer unless you're willing to be misunderstood.

The writer is the one who knows the least about the story and the characters.

The biggest challenge in writing is to be able to say what you want to say.

You learn a lot about yourself through your characters.

What I'm really trying to do is write something that makes people think.

You can’t write about things you don’t understand.

I think the best way to write is to write honestly.

Good writing is rewriting.

When you’re writing, you have to think about your audience, but you also have to think about your characters.

The hardest thing in writing is writing the truth.

The best stories are the ones that reveal something about the human condition.

You have to be willing to get lost in the story.

The key to writing is to write what you know.

People have different reasons for doing the same thing.

The goal is to get the audience to feel something.