I Think It's Up To Writers To

We Lead The World In Only 3 Categories: Number Of Incarcerated Citizens Per Capita, Number Of Adults Who Believe Angels Are Real, And Defense Spending, Where We Spend More Than The Next 26 Countries Combined, 25 Of Whom Are Allies. Now None Of This Is The Fault Of 20 Year Old College Student, But You Nonetheless Are Without A Doubt A Member Of The Worst Period Generation Period Ever Period, So When You Ask What Makes Us The Greatest Country In The World I Don't Know What The F...k You're Talking About.

People Who Don't Know Anything Tend To Make Up Fake Rules, The Real Rules Being Considerably More Difficult To Learn.

Honestly, I Don't Try To Guess At What Most People Want. I Don't Think I'd Guess Right, And I Just Think That That's Not A Good Recipe For Storytelling. I Try To Write What I Like, What I Think My Friends Would Like.

I Do Enjoy The Fact That We Don't Have A King Or Queen; We Have A Person With A Very Unusual Temp Job For A Few Years. My Favorite Moments On The Show Were Always Showing The Intersection Of The Person And The Job. Any Time Bartlet From The West Wing Could Be Something Other Than The President - A Father, Or A Husband, Or A Son, Or A Friend.

It Was Hard Saying Goodbye To The Character And Harder Saying Goodbye To The Actor. When Rumours Started Going Around That Rob Lowe Might Be Leaving I Got An Email From Josh Malina Asking If I'd Be Interested In An Actor Who Was Cheaper And Not As Good Looking. I Wrote Back, "always", And That Was That.