If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show. Dorothy Fields audienceholdshow Change image and share on social
I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is far lower in the field of song writing. Dorothy Fields artfieldgreat Change image and share on social
A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. Dorothy Fields havesongsqueeze Change image and share on social
There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers. Dorothy Fields accountantcareerdoctor Change image and share on social
My father assigned me to keep his scrapbooks. At first I was interested in reading only his rave notices, but I got interested in reading what the critics were saying about whether the play was good or not. Dorothy Fields assigncriticfather share on social
Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher? Dorothy Fields barrettbringbrown Change image and share on social
No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you. Dorothy Fields dictionarygivehappen Change image and share on social
A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy. Dorothy Fields aheadaudienceback Change image and share on social
