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- One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them. — Mason Cooley
- Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for. — Aaron Sorkin
- It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. "The West Wing" isn't meant to be good for you. — Aaron Sorkin
- 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. — Aaron Sorkin