Lawrence O'Donnell Quotes

I would love to do a political drama. I'm a 'West Wing' fanatic.

The key word about The West Wing is show. It is not a reality show. It has nothing to do with reality.

I knew with The West Wing that that wasn't going to be for very long, that I was just the red herring.

Like they said about The West Wing, you can't do a show about Washington until you can.

I love a bit of political drama; 'The West Wing' is probably my favourite television series of all time.

The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are.

If anything is naive and lightweight, it's the traditional political conversation.

'West Wing' was a show about politics.

I guess I am politically very naive.

'The West Wing' was an incredible, inspiring show - and one of the reasons I wanted to be a speechwriter.

'House of Cards' I've watched since the first day.

Aaron Sorkin whole thing was that he didn't want the pomposity of the presidency in the West Wing. But once we cast Martin Sheen and we realised Martin's incredible accessibility, nothing felt pompous or aloof. If the show is about all the planets, let's end it with the sun.

Michelle has had to grapple with Hilary Clinton's legacy as First Lady... Michelle Obama never wants to be seen as the kind of First Lady who is overly involved in the West Wing.

If we tried to write about politics, you'd realize that we're all a bunch of idiots.

I think 'The West Wing' hit at a moment in time that was just right for that show.

For Democrats, nothing is any less complex than a 'West Wing' episode.

The thing with 'The West Wing' is that the fantasy was legitimately better than the reality - these were smarter, better people than their real-life counterparts, working together at a better White House than the one we had.

Politics will sooner or later make fools of everybody.

I'm just not political. I have opinions, but there's nothing about the process that has ever interested me. I'm 22, and this is the first interview I've ever done in my life.

I loved 'The West Wing'; it's my favourite-ever television show.

I'm an enormous fan of 'The West Wing.' It was one of the very few shows I would watch every week.

My wife loves 'Scandal,' and I'm hooked on 'Homeland.' Sometimes I ask news makers, off the record, what rings true about those shows and what's ridiculous.

That's the great thing about 'The West Wing:' you really felt like you were in the thick of it.

English politicians and diplomats are somewhat naive. They find it difficult to credit really bad intentions in others.

... a political dreamer.