- Nov 07, 2020
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- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
There have been times - and not just on 'The Newsroom,' but on 'The West Wing,' 'Sports Night,' 'Studio 60'... - where it was hard to look the cast and crew in the eye, when I put a script on the table that I knew just wasn't good enough.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's nice that HBO is in business with the audience and not with the advertisers. There's a difference.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
- Business Model
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- Nov 07, 2020
But HBO is less interested in how many people are watching than in how much the people who are watching are liking the show. They didn't set up their business model to make writers happy. It's just a nice unintended consequence.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
Decisions are made by those who show up.
- Change The World
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems to me that more and more we've come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change.
- Nothin
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- Nov 07, 2020
And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020