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The Hardest Thing For Me Is Getting Started. If I'm Writing A Script, Really 90 Per Cent Of It Would Be Just Walking Around, Climbing The Walls, Just Trying To Put The Idea Together. Then The Final 10 Per Cent Would Be Writing It.

I Wrote The Show West Wing For The Two Years Before And The Two Years After 9/11. Suddenly Everyone In The World Had Been Through Something That Our Characters Had Not Been Through; The Whole Trajectory Of The World Had Changed. Yet Our Show Took Place In A Parallel Universe. I Wasn't Really Sure What To Do About This. In No One's Wildest Dreams Did It Occur That An Event Like This Could Possibly Happen.

The Stuff That I Write Doesn't Work Very Well As Background Music. You Have To Watch It From Beginning To End And Pay Attention As If You Were Watching A Play.

Decisions Are Made By Those Who Show Up. Don't Ever Forget That You're A Citizen Of This World.

I Do Enjoy The Fact That We Don't Have A King Or Queen; We Have A Person With A Very Unusual Temp Job For A Few Years. My Favorite Moments On The Show Were Always Showing The Intersection Of The Person And The Job. Any Time Bartlet From The West Wing Could Be Something Other Than The President - A Father, Or A Husband, Or A Son, Or A Friend.