"I don't have characters in my head. The tactics a character uses to overcome an obstacle are what the character is." Holy shit that explains so much about Aaron Sorkin

"Don't write long biographies, don't write anything about your characters that isn't relevant to the story."

His characters never seem like anything but extensions of his own thoughts and vessels for his dialogue, and these two quotes from his Masterclass explain so much why.

"I don't think Sorkin is sexual. I think he sees sex as something you have to do to continue hearing your own voice talking at a woman." lmao Felix

seriously how is someone a successful, highly-regarded, acclaimed screenwriter for 30 years and he still hasn't figured out things like "characters are people"