Aaron Sorkin on whether real people talk like the characters he writes:

“I haven’t met anyone who can. When I write these things, I’m alone in a room for a very long time, and I get to rewrite them, and I get to think for a long time about what’s going to be said. If I get on a roll, then I can write a conversation like that without stopping, but I can’t do it when talking to a real person, like you. That’s not who I am in real life.”

I phonetically create the sound of smart people talking to each other. I’m not one of them. The characters I create would have no use for me.

— Aaron Sorkin on creating his trademark witty dialogue

Monday: Aaron Sorkin, of The West Wing, The Newsroom, and The Social Network.