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"In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play."
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"In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play."
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"I don't think an opera house is ever a place that can make you entirely happy."
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"Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me."
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"The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles."
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"Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint."
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"Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out."
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"Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations."
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"I sang opera, I sang show tunes. I got into a rock band for a while. I've sung a lot of different things."
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"Many years ago I was in another soap opera called The Newcomers which was on twice a week for three years. I really don't think I could do another stint like that again."
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"Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers."
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"Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again."
Boredom
"In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play."
Opera
"If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the play. Have a reason for making it sing."
Play
"The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control."
War
"You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is for all of us."
Failure
"The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool."
Fool
"A play is a passion."
Passion
"The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written."
Soul
"I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing."
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"It's always such a joy that you wake up in the morning and there's work to do."
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