A song doesn't just come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. 'No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you. — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a show. Let him save it; maybe it'll fit in another show. — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
We've accumulated a lot of things over the years and many things from our grandmother. Hopefully it'll be all right. I really don't want… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you. — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back,… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
A song doesn't just come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. 'No thesaurus can give you those words, no… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother. — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
My father assigned me to keep his scrapbooks. At first I was interested in reading only his rave notices, but I got interested in… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
In a show or a movie, one must work with many people. Many women just don't have the time for it. — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
