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

Quote by Stephen Sondheim

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Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.

Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.

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...

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have...

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have...

When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written.

When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written.

I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and...

I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and...

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.

The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't...

The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't...

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

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

The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.

The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.

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....

Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and...

Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and...

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background....

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background....

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to...

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to...

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...

Gotta watch out for directors.

Gotta watch out for directors.

Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the...

Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the...

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

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

Love could be a fraud. An emotion sneaking up on you without you knowing it.

Love could be a fraud. An emotion sneaking up on you without you knowing it.

It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it...

It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it...

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself