Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.

Quote by Stephen Sondheim

Topics: Fraud Quotes

Gotta watch out for directors.

Gotta watch out for directors.

Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

I would have been a geologist.

I would have been a geologist.

A close-up on screen can say all a song can.

A close-up on screen can say all a song can.

The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper....

The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper....

The fact is popular art dates. It grows quaint. How many people feel strongly about...

The fact is popular art dates. It grows quaint. How many people feel strongly about...

My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes,...

My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes,...

Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months...

Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months...

You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have...

You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have...

My personal life and my artistic life do not interfere with each other.

My personal life and my artistic life do not interfere with each other.

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew:...

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew:...

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.

I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.

I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.

Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it...

Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it...

I was raised to be charming, not sincere.

I was raised to be charming, not sincere.

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the...

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the...

Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead.

Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got...

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got...

By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional,...

By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional,...