I think I started writing because no one had ever told me you can write about the things you know in a… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I got to fall in love. I got to win a war. I got to write words that inspired a nation. — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I liked writing the negative ads more than - because it's more minor chords. — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“I think if you want to make a recipe for making a writer, have them feel a little out of place everywhere,… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I know the action in the street is excitin' But Jesus, between all the bleedin’ ‘n fightin’ I’ve been readin’ ‘n writin’. — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I think if you want to make a recipe for making a writer, have them feel a little out of place everywhere,… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
My only responsibility as a playwright and a storyteller is to give you the time of your life in the theatre. I… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I think I learned more about writing scores for Broadway by making mix tapes in the '90s than I did in college.… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I have two wonderful, supportive and very practical parents who were like, you're really talented and really creative. You should be a… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
If you know the voice you're writing for it's such a shortcut. It's such a catalyst to creating the kind of energy… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
Anytime you write something, you go through so many phases. You go through the 'I'm a Fraud' phase. You go through the… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I think every writer's had the experience of having a really good idea, waiting to write it, and then once you write… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
[Opetaia Foa'i] brought in the melody and the lyrics, but the lyrics were in Tokelauan, and so, we talked about what it… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
'Rent' was the show that made me want to write. Or that showed me you're allowed to write. — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“That's being yourself. Chasing wherever inspiration goes, even if it's radically different from the thing that people know you as.” — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I remind myself Vincent van Gogh died without having sold a single painting. Like, art is not measured by the trappings that… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
You could do a 'Les Mis'-type musical about Hamilton, but it would have to be 12 hours long, because the amount of… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I like the quiet it takes to pursue an idea the way I pursued 'Hamilton,' but I couldn't write a book, because… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I think, there are a couple of songs. I'm really proud of How far I'll Go. I literally locked myself up in… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
When I get called in for stuff for Hollywood, I get to be the best friend of the Caucasian leadIf I want… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
It's an enormous relief to go to work and be an actor and not be worried about writing. — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I was one of several songwriters I think interviewed [for Moana]. I'm a huge fan of Disney animated movies, and I've always… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
Ed Koch once said that New York City is where immigrants come to audition for America. That's what happened to my parents; that's what… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
What's incredible about 'Hamilton,' and the reason you can't get a ticket, is because everyone's responding to it. Everyone is seeing a bit of… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I think I started writing because no one had ever told me you can write about the things you know in a musical. They… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I like to separate the music- and lyric-writing processes if I can. I'll sort of noodle around on my keyboard and my computer until… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I can't say I have enough experience with Hollywood to feel that I've encountered racism there. I can tell you that I did about… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“If it takes fighting a way for us to meet, it will have been worth it.” — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I got to fall in love. I got to win a war. I got to write words that inspired a nation. — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart And I thought I was so smart” — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
You know what's a great way of tricking people into thinking you're a genius? Write a show about geniuses! — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
It's hard to pick. I mean, I think the one that is most emblematic of the collaboration that occurred is "We Know The Way."… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“I stop wasting time on tears I live another fifty years It's not enough” — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
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