Stephen Schwartz

Let the green girl go!

— Stephen Schwartz

I sort of get riled up about injustice.

— Stephen Schwartz

It's just life, so keep dancing through.

— Stephen Schwartz

Those who don't try never look foolish.

— Stephen Schwartz

People like to talk about themselves.

— Stephen Schwartz

These are real people in 'Working.'

— Stephen Schwartz

…Everyone deserves a chance to fly!

— Stephen Schwartz

Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill.

— Stephen Schwartz

Are people born wicked, or is wickedness trust upon them?

— Stephen Schwartz

Happy is what happens when all your dreams come true.

— Stephen Schwartz

As a parent who works in showbiz, you never really want your child to go into it.

— Stephen Schwartz

I think the arts are very important for children growing up.

— Stephen Schwartz

And Goodness knows The Wicked's lives are lonely Goodness knows The Wicked die alone

— Stephen Schwartz

Dancers are the unsung heroes Broadway musicals.

— Stephen Schwartz

I don't believe in condescending to children. I don't change any writing technique.

— Stephen Schwartz

When I perform I try and focus on the lyrics and my interpretation of the lyrics.

— Stephen Schwartz

In some ways, writing music is an art because so much of it is instinctive and sort of below consciousness, and lyric…

— Stephen Schwartz

One of the nice things about live theater is if you do something and it doesn't work, it doesn't mean that there's…

— Stephen Schwartz

In 'Wicked,' we developed the concept that Glinda has a public persona who sings in soprano and a private persona who is,…

— Stephen Schwartz

I would like to have won a Tony, I guess, because I have always thought of myself as a theater person. But…

— Stephen Schwartz

I've won a few professional resume awards in my time, probably lost more of them that I've won.

— Stephen Schwartz

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

That was what I always wanted to do for my whole life, to write music in the service of telling stories and…

— Stephen Schwartz

Recording the live production and, therefore, making it much more accessible to a broader audience is a wonderful thing.

— Stephen Schwartz

So much of me is made of what I learned from you; you'll be with me like a handprint on my heart…

— Stephen Schwartz

For one thing, when I started working in the musical theater, there was no such thing as shows which ran 20 years.…

— Stephen Schwartz

The thing that you have in England that we don't have in the U.S. is state-supported theatre. We have not-for-profit in the…

— Stephen Schwartz

The issues that people have in developing their shows tend to be the same, which have to do with how to structure…

— Stephen Schwartz

“I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason bringing something we must learn. And we are led…

— Stephen Schwartz

I think I learned a lot from each project that I do. I've been fortunate that some of the shows that I've…

— Stephen Schwartz

I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason Bringing something we must learn And we are led…

— Stephen Schwartz

Alan Menken is so gifted in terms of coming up with these great melodies. What I learned from working with him was…

— Stephen Schwartz

“ELPHABA Hands touch, eyes meet Sudden silence, sudden heat Hearts leap in a giddy whirl He could be that boy But I'm…

— Stephen Schwartz

I have learned that human beings are not searching for philosophies, even though it may seem that way sometimes. We are searching…

— Stephen Schwartz

So if you care to find me/ Look to the western sky/ As someone told me lately/ Everyone deserves the chance to…

— Stephen Schwartz

“ELPHABA I'm limited: Just look at me - I'm limited And just look at you - You can do all I couldn't…

— Stephen Schwartz

“GLINDA: Well,I'm a public figure now! People expect me to-- ELPHABA: Lie? GLINDA: (fiercely) Be encouraging! And what exactly have you been…

— Stephen Schwartz

We can't all come and go by Bubble!

— Stephen Schwartz

I don't think it's a secret that New York tastemakers don't love my work.

— Stephen Schwartz

Its time to trust my instincts, close my eyes and leap

— Stephen Schwartz