Elite Is Not A Bad Word, It's

There's That Process Of Writing It - Then You Come Out Of Your Room Into The Sunlight, And You Now Have To Complete The Circuit And Make The Connection Finally With The Audience.

I Got Into Dialogue Because My Parents Began Taking Me To See Plays From When I Was Very Young. Too Young, Often, To Understand The Play I Was Watching: Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf When I Was Nine Years Old; That Championship Season When I Was Ten Years Old. But I Loved The Sound Of Dialogue; It Sounded Like Music To Me And I Wanted To Imitate That Sound.

It Wouldn't Kill You To Watch A Film Or Pick Up A Newspaper Once In A While.

The Monica Lewinsky Scandal Was Happening At The Very Time I Was Writing The West Wing Pilot And It Was Hard, At Least For Americans, To Look At The White House And Think Of Anything But A Punch Line. Plus A Show About Politics, A Show That Took Place In Washington, Had Just Never Worked Before In American Television. So The Show Was Delayed For A Year.

When I Write Something, I Want The Best Director To Direct It. And That's Not Going To Be Me.