Aaron Sorkin

3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 24, 2024 by Shaan Puri · said 19 times in 7 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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May 24, 2024
Insight
Shaan Puri: Learn Storytelling From Professional Entertainers, Not Business People
“I don't try to learn how to be a better storyteller or a better writer from business people. Why would I do that? I would try to learn from the people who, their thing is storytelling, or writing, or Entertainment, because they're gonna be the best at this. Yo…”
Shaan Puri May 24, 2024 ▶ 15:32 How To Master Storytelling ft. David Perell
May 24, 2024
Insight
Shaan Puri: Stories lose audiences if intention and obstacle are unclear for 5 minutes
“And basically, if you watch, if you read any story or you watch any movie, you should be able to pause at any moment and just point at the screen and just say, what's, what do they want right now? And what's in their way? And if you ever go, like, five minutes…”
Shaan Puri May 24, 2024 ▶ 9:12 How To Master Storytelling ft. David Perell
Nov 12, 2025
Assertion Supported
Puri: Aaron Sorkin takes eight showers daily while writing scripts
“Aaron Sorkin, who wrote, you know, West wing and the social network, like this great, you know, Hollywood script writer or whatever, when he's writing a script, he takes eight showers a day.”
Shaan Puri Nov 12, 2025 ▶ 16:12 I Did Nothing For 2 Weeks. It Made Me Better At Everything.
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