Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's no fourth wall. Stephen Sondheim audiencecreatedisbelief Change image and share on social
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 everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service. Stephen Sondheim badcensorconsciousness 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'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music. Stephen Sondheim audiencecommunicationconcert 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
By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur. Stephen Sondheim amateurflawedprofessional Change image and share on social
I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it. Stephen Sondheim backfalllyric Change image and share on social
When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't. Stephen Sondheim broadwaygrowshow Change image and share on social