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‘The West Wing’ creator Aaron Sorkin though he’d “never write again” after suffering stroke

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The West Wing and Social Network creator Aaron Sorkin has revealed he thought “he was never going to be able to write again” after suffering a stroke.The award-winning screen and stage writer suffered a small stroke last autumn, but decided to keep the medical issue under wraps until recently.

Speaking to the New York Times (as per Variety), Sorkin explained it was a “wake-up call”, but one which made him question if he even had a future left in the entertainment industry.“There was a minute when I was concerned that I was never going to be able to write again,” said the Oscar-winning writer. “And, I was concerned in the short-term that I wasn’t going to be able to continue writing Camelot [his Broadway adaption of the Arthurian myths].”Speaking about the medical issue which hit him in 2022, Sorkin said that for about a month afterward, he was left slurring words.

He also states he had trouble typing, was discouraged from flying for a few weeks and, until recently, said he couldn’t sign his name.There is one lingering issue that Sorkin says still plagues him – he still can’t really taste food.Speaking about the stroke and his recovery from it, Sorkin said: “Mostly it was a loud wake-up call.

I thought I was one of those people who could eat whatever he wanted, smoke as much as he wanted, and it’s not going to affect me.

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