Audience Quote by Hilary Hahn

The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my…

— Mandy Patinkin

No matter how many scores I've written, the next project will hopefully be completely different. As hard as it is, I'm always trying to…

— John Keltonic

You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better,…

— Tom Stoppard

What I'm after is something different than supplying people with the idea that I'm writing an important play.

— Sam Shepard

Most things that I write are in very specific forms. A score will have a shape and profile, and then the more emotional and…

— Alan Menken

Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre. We do…

— Terrence McNally

I had to do this very aggressive, big score in a very short time, and knowing that in the beginning, middle, and end would…

— Danny Elfman

I don't play everything I write. I mean, everything I write is not that good. I bring out into the world the ones I…

— Mary Gauthier

The whole thing about writing a play is that it's all about controlling the flow of information traveling from the stage to the audience.…

— Tom Stoppard

I think that it's worthwhile to explore the ways in which you write the person that's writing your plays as opposed to simply assuming…

— Tony Kushner

Take a play that you like but you think is flawed, and see if you can improve it and turn it into a musical.…

— Stephen Sondheim

You're creating a score that has to have an emotional and story logic to it. You want a dramatic arc. You want all the…

— Alan Menken