My style of writing has been influenced by sort of scavenging the pieces of music that I've heard, and it'll just be… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I don't believe in condescending to children. I don't change any writing technique. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I write a lot of shows with outcasts in the lead. Think of Elphaba. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I'm always collaborating with other writers because I don't write my own books for musicals. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
In some ways, writing music is an art because so much of it is instinctive and sort of below consciousness, and lyric… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
That was what I always wanted to do for my whole life, to write music in the service of telling stories and… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Our newer wonderful writers such as Lin-Manuel Miranda and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are clearly so well-informed about the history of… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
As a writer, I never want to have an author's message. I really want to present a situation with it in as… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I wouldn't do a project if it weren't a story I wanted to tell. That's rewarding in itself, as a writer, if… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I'm very good at and enjoy writing angry songs, and 'Lost in the Wilderness' was when I started to first harness that… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
That's what I like about musical theater, is that it's very collaborative, not just with the writers, but with the director and… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Bringing your show to Broadway is an economic decision on the part of producers and investors that may or may not happen, but sharing… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
You wouldn't walk into a music store and walk out with a piece of music under your arm. So why would it be acceptable… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
There have always been discussions about a 'Pippin' movie. I think it would lend itself very well to film if one could solve how… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
When I was in high school, I worked at a theatre on Long Island, where I grew up, in the box office and parking… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
When I perform I try and focus on the lyrics and my interpretation of the lyrics. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
I think it would be really cool to see 'Enchanted' on Broadway - there's been discussion of it from time to time. You'd have… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
I was very happy in Hollywood. I was doing extremely well there and things were good. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
That was what I always wanted to do for my whole life, to write music in the service of telling stories and communicating ideas… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
I had always been interested in opera, going back to my college days at Carnegie Mellon. In my last year there, I even wrote… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
With Bernstein, because we wound up always working music first, it was where I really feel I learned how to write lyrics as a… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
In 'Wicked,' we developed the concept that Glinda has a public persona who sings in soprano and a private persona who is, you know,… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
Alan Menken is so gifted in terms of coming up with these great melodies. What I learned from working with him was how to… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
I like works about familiar stories, where one spins the point of view and looks at it from another angle. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
Excuse me, there's no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
