Aaron Sorkin
The Visionary
The future, and what is barely possible, reads round the next corner.
Aaron Sorkin is a renowned screenwriter and playwright known for his impactful narratives that explore complex themes of morality and democracy. This interview reveals his ability to envision bold futures through storytelling, as he articulates the importance of character development and the moral imperatives that drive his creative process.
“And he said he started talking about why America isn't great. He said we stood up for what was right. In the past, we fought for moral reasons. We passed laws, struck down laws for moral reasons. We waged wars on poverty, not poor people. We sacrificed. We cared about our neighbors. We put our money where our mouths we”
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“And what I did was I simply erased from my head the word adaptation. Stop thinking that your job is to gently swaddle this book in bubble wrap and lovingly transfer it to a stage. Write a new play. A play has to have a protagonist. A protagonist has to change by the end of the story. A protagonist has to be flawed. Att”
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“Think I think I'm better than you because I am. I look down on you because down is where you are. And the speech goes on I think that Not just what put Trump over the top, but I think that the, and again, I'm an amateur saying this to a professional, it feels to me like what Trump was and is simply an excellent stick w”
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