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"I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged."
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"When you focus on want, you become an endless cycle of wants."
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"Only those who want everything done for them are bored."
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"Tyrants seldom want pretexts."
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"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say."
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"Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do."
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"I don't have any pangs to where I want to be with the Broncos."
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"I want to do everything in the world that can be done."
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"It's not that you want to sing, it's that you have to sing."
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"So basically it's very simple: to start with, if you want to win the match, you shouldn't be afraid of him. There are still many, many things to do, but above all this is the most important: Don't be scared of him!"
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"I carry a notebook full of sketches of pictures I want to take - they are really scruffy sketches, but at least I am going out there with a clear objective."
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"Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other."
Writer

"The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them."
Country

"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."
Art

"When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't."
Growing up

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

"The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution."
Solution

"When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his actors."
Actor

"One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music."
Music

"You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have corporate investment or a lot of rich people."
People

"Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure."
Music
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