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"In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies."
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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 everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service."
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