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
A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself. — 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
