Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.
More Quotes by Aaron Sorkin
Not all paintings are abstract; they're not all Jackson Pollock. There's value in a photograph of a man alone on a boat at sea, and there is value in painting of a man alone on a boat at sea. In the painting, the painting has more freedom to express an idea, more latitude in being able to elicit certain emotion.
Decisions are made by those who show up.
As long as you keep one foot in the real world while the other foot's in a fairy tale, that fairy tale is going to seem kind of attainable.
Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
It seems to me that more and more we've come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change.
It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.