Stephen Sondheim

I was raised to be charming, not sincere.

One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you're not aware there was a writer there.

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

I once saved someone from drowning.

I generally don't follow domestic news that much aside from how it relates to the stories I'm covering abroad, like what Americans think of the War in Afghanistan.

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.