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69 quotes by Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ˈsɒnd.haɪm/; born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for his immense contributions to musical theatre for over 50 years. He is the winner of an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer) including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award. Described by Frank Rich of The New York Times...
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All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre... →

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Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.

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

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I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry - just making them... →

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

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I think 'lunch' is one of the funniest words in the world.

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Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by... →

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The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree with me.

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The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put... →

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After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.

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

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I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.

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Two of the hardest words in the language to rhyme are life and love. Of all words!

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