Two of the hardest words in the language to rhyme are life and love. Of all words! Stephen Sondheim hardlanguagelife Change image and share on social
There's something inimical about the camera and song. Stephen Sondheim camerainimicalsong Change image and share on social
Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it. Stephen Sondheim drowngenerallylanguage Change image and share on social
I'm very opinionated about movie musicals when they're adapted from live shows. You'll sit still for a three-minute song in a theater. But in movies, a glance from someone's eyes will tell you the whole story in a few seconds. Stephen Sondheim adapteyeglance share on social
Making lyrics feel natural, sit on music in such a way that you don't feel the effort of the author, so that they shine and bubble and rise and fall, is very, very hard to do. Whereas you can sit at the piano and just play and feel you're making art. Stephen Sondheim artauthorbubble share on social
I'm a great audience. I cry very easily. I suspend disbelief in two seconds. Stephen Sondheim audiencecrydisbelief Change image and share on social
I was a mathematician by nature, and still am - I just knew I didn't want to be a mathematician. So I decided not to take any mathematics courses. Stephen Sondheim coursedecideknow Change image and share on social
I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface. Stephen Sondheim beneathhearneurotic Change image and share on social
I was essentially trained by Oscar Hammerstein to think of songs as one-act plays, to move a song from point A to point B dramatically. Stephen Sondheim actdramaticallyessentially Change image and share on social
