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I Grew Up In The Theatre. It's Where I Got My Start. Writing A Television Drama With Theatrical Dialogue About The Theatre Is Beyond Perfection.

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.

She's A Person; The Doctor Pronounces Her Dead, Not The News.

Pretty Much Up Until The West Wing, Our Leaders Had Always Been Portrayed In Popular Culture As Either Machiavellian Or Dolts. But I Thought, "what If We Show A Group Of People Who Are Highly Competent, They're Going To Lose As Much As They Win, But We're Going To Understand That They Wake Up Every Morning Wanting To Do Good?" That Was Really The Spirit Behind The West Wing.

I'm Terribly Afraid Of Failure. When Your Identity Is Wrapped Up In Writing And You've Written Something That Doesn't Work, It's A Tough Pill To Swallow.