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

John Powers on The Newsroom:”The show’s so riddled with disapproval toward those who watch Fox News, read the tabloids or enjoy reality TV that it feeds the cliche of liberals as smug elitists who reflexively look down on anyone who doesn’t agree.”