It Was Hard Saying Goodbye To The

I Love Writing But Hate Starting. The Page Is Awfully White And It Says, "you May Have Fooled Some Of The People Some Of The Time But Those Days Are Over, Giftless. I'm Not Your Agent And I'm Not Your Mommy, I'm A White Piece Of Paper, You Wanna Dance With Me?" And I Really, Really Don't. I'll Go Peaceable-like.

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

There's That Process Of Writing It - Then You Come Out Of Your Room Into The Sunlight, And You Now Have To Complete The Circuit And Make The Connection Finally With The Audience.

I'd Been Concerned All Along That The Character Of The President In The West Wing Pilot Would Throw The Ensemble Out Of Whack, That That Character Would Simply Take Up All The Oxygen In A Room. I Wanted To Hold Off Bringing This Character In Until The Last Possible Moment.

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.