As A Dramatist, You're Looking For Points

I Don't Have Personal Experience And Knowledge About Anything But Theater. I've Been Tutored Very Well On The Subject, But Ultimately I'm Going Back To The Rules Of Drama. There Are Genres That I Like As An Audience Member That I Can't Write As A Writer. I Can't Write Crime, And I Like A Good Thriller As Much As Anybody.

Never Argue With A Drunk Or A Fool.

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.

That's A Very Real Feeling - That I Don't Have A Story To Tell. I'm Not A Pure Storyteller. I Have A Tough Time With Story.

We Live In A World That Has Walls, And Those Walls Have To Be Guarded By Men With Guns.