An Artist’s Job Is To Captivate… If

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.

Certainly, Last Year We Did An Episode About The Census And Sampling Versus A Direct Statistic. You Just Said The Word 'census', And People Fall Asleep.

Writers Are Opposite Of Athletes, They Get Better With Age

I Got Into Dialogue Because My Parents Began Taking Me To See Plays From When I Was Very Young. Too Young, Often, To Understand The Play I Was Watching: Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf When I Was Nine Years Old; That Championship Season When I Was Ten Years Old. But I Loved The Sound Of Dialogue; It Sounded Like Music To Me And I Wanted To Imitate That Sound.

There Are Television Critics, Movie Critics, And Theater Critics Too Who I Like And Who I Follow And I Get Genuinely Bummed When They Don't Like Something That I've Written Because I Usually Agree With Them.