To Use A Basketball Metaphor, West Wing

Writing Anything, It Sorta Starts The Way You'd Build A Castle At The Beach. You're Just Taking Your Hands And You're Mounting Up Sand.

People Don't Live Their Lives In A Series Of Scenes That Form A Dramatic Narrative, They Don't Speak In Dialogue, They're Not Lit By A Cinematographer Or Scored By A Composer. The Properties Of Real Life And The Properties Of Drama Have Almost Nothing To Do With Each Other. The Difference Between Writing About Reporters And Being A Reporter Is The Same As The Difference Between Drawing A Building And Building A Building.

Helen Mirren And Meryl Streep Can Play With The Boys But There Just Aren't That Many Tour-de-force Roles Out There For Women.

To Use A Basketball Metaphor, West Wing Cast Was A Group That Liked To Pass As Much As They Liked To Shoot.

You're Going To Fall Down, But The World Doesn't Care How Many Times You Fall Down, As Long As It's One Fewer Than The Numbers Of Times You Get Back Up.