There was also real life to work with, but it still takes some amount of writing ability to turn a book by a business journalist into a compelling screenplay.

For what it's worth, Moneyball is a pretty fantastic movie.  Just throwing that out there.

He must have had a blast writing The Social Network.

Sorkin sort of did that in Sports Night with the adorable light comedy character Natalie, but I'm pretty sure that was just a way to try to get ABC to not use a laugh track anymore.

The pajama people line was lifted from some West Wing episode, can't remember which, but it definitely sounds a little off when recycled a decade later.