A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But here, in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is… — Sheldon Harnick Copy Share Image
Love was not something that people married for generally in those days. They married for security. They married for economic reasons, you know, companionship… — Sheldon Harnick Copy Share Image
I like editing. Generally, you work under the assumption that everything can be shorter. I like to see if I can reconstruct a sentence.… — Sheldon Harnick Copy Share Image
I'd heard that Lenny Bruce used a lot of profanity and obscenities in his act, and I was curious. — Sheldon Harnick Copy Share Image
As far as I remember, there was no actual lyric written to that.At the very beginning of "Fiddler on the Roof," there's a violin… — Sheldon Harnick Copy Share Image
I started writing lyrics out of desperation. I was broke and wondering where my next job, my next meal was coming from, although I… — Sheldon Harnick Copy Share Image
I feel in my own life I've made many mistakes. I've failed in many directions. — Sheldon Harnick Copy Share Image
Where you learn things, really, is watching it in front of an audience. — Sheldon Harnick Copy Share Image
