This Is A Time For Serious People,

Humans Know When It's Not A Good Story. Unless You Do This For A Living, You May Not Know Exactly Why You Don't Like A Story, But You Can't Fool An Audience Ever. They Know When You Have It And They Know When You Don't.

Decisions Are Made By Those Who Show Up.

Pretty Much Up Until The West Wing, Our Leaders Had Always Been Portrayed In Popular Culture As Either Machiavellian Or Dolts. But I Thought, "what If We Show A Group Of People Who Are Highly Competent, They're Going To Lose As Much As They Win, But We're Going To Understand That They Wake Up Every Morning Wanting To Do Good?" That Was Really The Spirit Behind The West Wing.

And A Wheat Thin The Size Of Lake Tahoe.

Well, I Must Tell You I Write The Scripts Very Close To The Bone. So I'm Writing Episode Seven Now And Couldn't Tell You What Happens In Episode Eight.