[Ipg-smz] Well at least I don't shout in my car

[David Needle]

This is great. Ah, the creative mind at work!

On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 3:41 PM Schindler, Esther <esther.schindler at hpe.com>
wrote:

> From the Wait Wait interview with Aaron Sorkin
>
> https://www.npr.org/2019/03/02/699121814/not-my-job-we-quiz-west-wing-creator-aaron-sorkin-on-hot-wings
>
> (excerpt, there’s plenty more, including how he broke his nose writing)
>
>
> SALIE: Aaron, you're so, of course, known for your dialogue. Does it just
> come into your brain, and you quickly write it down? Like, do you hear the
> back and forth? Or is it something that you actually have to conjure?
>
> SORKIN: On a good day, I do. But I don't have many good days.
>
> SAGAL: Yeah.
>
> SORKIN: I kind of start pacing around and trying to get into an argument
> with myself. And if I can get a good one going, then it starts going down
> on paper.
>
> SALIE: Like, out loud? Do you do this out loud?
>
> SORKIN: Oh, yes.
>
> (LAUGHTER)
>
> SORKIN: While I was doing "The West Wing..."
>
> POUNDSTONE: Didn't you...
>
> SORKIN: A messenger came to my office with a package from the president of
> NBC.
>
> SAGAL: Right.
>
> SORKIN: And in it was a headset that you're supposed to pair to your car
> phone. And there was a note from the president of NBC saying, I was next to
> you at a red light today. Please wear this anytime you're driving your car.
> You look like a madman.
>
> (LAUGHTER)
>
> SAGAL: So because you were just, like, shouting at imaginary people in
> your car...
>
> SORKIN: I'm shouting at C.J. and Bartlet and Sam. Everybody's fighting in
> my car.
>
> SAGAL: Right. And so the idea was if you just wear a headset, you will at
> least look like you're shouting at a real person.
>
> SORKIN: At least it looks like I'm being mean to somebody.
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