Decisions Are Made By Those Who Show

The Real Problem With All Drugs Is That They Work. Fantastically. They're Great, Right Up Until The Moment They Kill You.

Government Should Be A Place Where People Can Come Together, And No One Gets Left Behind. No One…gets Left Behind. An Instrument Of Good.

I Wrote The Show West Wing For The Two Years Before And The Two Years After 9/11. Suddenly Everyone In The World Had Been Through Something That Our Characters Had Not Been Through; The Whole Trajectory Of The World Had Changed. Yet Our Show Took Place In A Parallel Universe. I Wasn't Really Sure What To Do About This. In No One's Wildest Dreams Did It Occur That An Event Like This Could Possibly Happen.

Stupid People Surround Themselves With Smart People. Smart People Surround Themselves With Smart People Who Disagree With Them.

Trying To Guess What The (mass) Audience Wants And Then Trying To Satisfy That Is Usually A Bad Recipe For Getting Something Good.